sodden (redirected from soddenly)

sod·den  (sdn)

adj.

1. Thoroughly soaked; saturated.

2. Soggy and heavy from improper cooking; doughy.

3. Expressionless, stupid, or dull, especially from drink.

4. Unimaginative; torpid.

v. sod·dened, sod·den·ing, sod·dens

tr. & intr.v.

To make or become sodden.

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[Middle English soden, boiled, past participle of sethen, to boil; see seethe.]

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sodden·ly adv.

sodden·ness n.

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sodden [ˈsɒd^ən]

adj

1. completely saturated

2.

a.  dulled, esp by excessive drinking

b.  (in combination) a drink-sodden mind

3. (Cookery) heavy or doughy, as bread is when improperly cooked

vb

to make or become sodden

[C13 soden, past participle of seethe]

soddenly  adv

soddenness  n

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

sodden - wet through and through; thoroughly wet; "stood at the door drenched (or soaked) by the rain"; "the speaker's sodden collar"; "soppy clothes" soppy wet - covered or soaked with a liquid such as water; "a wet bathing suit"; "wet sidewalks"; "wet weather"

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sodden

adjective soaked, saturated, sopping, drenched, soggy, waterlogged, marshy, boggy, miry, droukit or drookit (Scot.) We stripped off our sodden clothes.

Translations

sodden [ˈsɒdn] ADJ → empapado

sodden [ˈsɒd^ən] adj → trempé(e), détrempé(e)

sodden

adj → durchnäßt, triefnaß; ground → durchnässt, durchweicht; to be sodden with drink → sinnlos betrunken sein

sodden [ˈsɒdn] adj → zuppo/a

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sodden [ˈsɒdn] adj → zuppo/a