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drenched

drenched

1 3.9
Completely wet, for example from rain or sweat
  • adjective
  • /drɛnʧt/
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  • So first of all, the mask is drenched in the serum, which I like.

A man stood before him, a sourful light in his weary, pain drenched eyes.

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Examples

  • The first song, because I'm by the second song, I'm drenched in sweat and just go like that.

  • This is the one called Sun Drenched and I'm just going to pack that onto my lid.

  • When the spirit left, they said the pillow she was sitting on was drenched with seawater.

  • He would come home drenched, drenched in cold dirt, like it just black from head to toe.

  • I am literally drenched, which is fine because hey, at least I know that my skin's primed.

  • It's coconut water sun drenched with Thai mango flavour.

  • After the heavy rain, my shoes were completely drenched from walking through the puddles.

  • The flowers were drenched in sunlight, creating a beautiful display in the garden.

  • When he finished his workout, his shirt was drenched in sweat, making it clear he had given his all.

Synonyms

sodden
vsdrenched
10 6.0

Very wet and heavy with water

is preferred for more vivid or figurative expressive use
drenched in
vsdrenched
7 4.6

Completely covered with a strong feeling, color or bright light

is often used in vivid compound or figurative images
awash
vsdrenched
2 4.6

Covered with water or flooded

is narrower in use, focusing on vivid individual or figurative images
saturated
vsdrenched
2 3.4

Completely soaked with liquid so it cannot absorb any more

is used more for striking, figurative, or compound descriptions
soaked to the skin
vsdrenched
1 3.2

Completely wet, with water going through your clothes and reaching your skin

is used more broadly, including vivid compound and figurative forms
sogged
vsdrenched
5.8

Very wet and full of water

is often chosen for imaginative or compound descriptive phrases
sopping
vsdrenched
3.5

Very wet and full of water like clothes after heavy rain

is more likely used for figurative or poetic combinations
soaking
vsdrenched
1.0

Completely wet and heavy with water

is used more flexibly in expressive compound or metaphorical contexts
adrip
vsdrenched
  • Archaic
9.9

So wet that water falls from it

is often used instead in figurative or combined descriptive language
dripping
vsdrenched
1.5

Extremely wet so that water falls from clothes or hair

is more common in expressive compound adjectives and imagery

Antonyms

dry
791 1.0

Not wet or without any liquid

Idioms

7 4.6

Completely covered with a strong feeling, color or bright light

Compounds

3 4.1

Full of warm bright sunlight

How Wet

saturated
2 3.4
sopping
3.5
drenched
1 3.9
wet
1 1.0
damp
11 1.0
moist
105 1.0

Surface Forms

drenched positive

Morphology

drenched = drench (transparent) = drench + ed

The meaning is directly derived from the verb 'drench' with the past participle suffix '-ed'.

Etymology

Drenched comes from the old verb drench, which meant 'to make very wet' and is related to the common word drink. Think of being so full of water it is as if the water 'drank' you, which is why drenched means completely soaked.