sodden.

thoroughly soaked with liquid

Use it for

Words that belong together

• sodden clothes
• sodden ground
• sodden blanket

On the page

His sodden coat left a puddle by the door.

They dragged the sodden blanket from the stream.

Boots sank into the sodden ground.

Usage notes

Primary curation section: Environment. Stronger than damp; often suggests heavy, unpleasant wetness. Literary descriptions also use it figuratively for dullness, but wetness is the focus here. Comparative: more sodden; superlative: most sodden.