sodden

Meaning

Adj

1. Soaked or drenched with liquid; soggy, saturated.
2. (archaic) Boiled.
3. (figuratively) Drunk; stupid as a result of drunkenness.
4. (figuratively) Dull, expressionless (of a person’s appearance).

Verb

1. (transitive) To drench, soak or saturate.
2. (intransitive) To become soaked.

Synonyms

soggy

soppy

soaked

waterlogged

wet

soaking wet

wet to the skin

drenched

sopping wet

sopping

half-done

waterish

poachy

all wet

not pro perly baked

clammy

dripping wet

saturated

soft

undone

watery

wishy-washy

soaked through

damp and humid

Translations

durchweicht

trempé

empapado

encharcado

donuklaştırmak

sırılsıklam

μουσκεμένος

anlamsız

mojado

donuk

durchnässen

νερουλός

schleimig

αποχαυνωμένος από μεθύσι

durchtränkte

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsɒ.dən/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: sodden

Inherited from Old English: soden

Cognate with Western Frisian: sean

Cognate with Dutch: gezoden

Cognate with Dutch: zode

Cognate with Low German: saden

Cognate with German: gesotten

Cognate with Swedish: sjuden

Cognate with Icelandic: soðinn

In summary

From Middle English sodden, soden, from Old English soden, ġesoden, from Proto-Germanic *sudanaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *seuþaną (“to seethe; boil”). Cognate with West Frisian sean, Dutch gezoden (“seethed, boiled”) (related to Dutch zode (“swampy land”)), Low German saden, söddt,
German gesotten, Swedish sjuden, Icelandic soðinn. More at seethe.