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sodden
[ sod-n ]
adjective
- soaked with liquid or moisture; saturated.
- heavy, lumpy, or soggy, as food that is poorly cooked.
- having a soaked appearance.
- bloated, as the face.
- expressionless, dull, or stupid, especially from drunkenness.
- lacking spirit or alertness; inert; torpid; listless.
- Archaic. boiled.
verb (used with or without object)
- to make or become sodden.
- Obsolete. past participle of seethe.
sodden
/ ˈsɒdən /
adjective
- completely saturated
- dulled, esp by excessive drinking
- ( in combination )
a drink-sodden mind
- heavy or doughy, as bread is when improperly cooked
verb
- to make or become sodden
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Derived Forms
- ˈsoddenness, noun
- ˈsoddenly, adverb
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Other Words From
- sodden·ly adverb
- sodden·ness noun
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of sodden1
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Example Sentences
It is a kind of hell, but not the spiraling inferno the Stalker Virgil led Dante through, but a sodden, sloppy Tartarus.
There is Walker McNally, a sodden drunk for whom the pouring and stirring of a drink becomes a kind of sexual foreplay.
It wanted something over an hour to midnight when Monsieur de Garnache started out in his sodden clothes to run from Condillac.
If two of the sodden ruffians forrad would only come up, then something might be done; but one tired sailor was of little use.
I am alone among my friends,And of our sodden crowd No single drunkard understandsI sit apart and vowed.
It was an exciting moment as that great bulk came on, its tons of sodden wood backed by the impetuous forces of the torrent.
But what a contrast to this spasm of local statesmanship the earlier years of that drink-sodden century display!
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