sodden

American  

[sod-n] / ˈsɒd n /

adjective

1. soaked with liquid or moisture; saturated.

2. heavy, lumpy, or soggy, as food that is poorly cooked.

3. having a soaked appearance.

4. bloated, as the face.

5. expressionless, dull, or stupid, especially from drunkenness.

6. lacking spirit or alertness; inert; torpid; listless.

7. Archaic. boiled.

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verb (used with or without object)

1. to make or become sodden.

2. Obsolete. past participle of seethe.

sodden British  

/ ˈsɒdən /

adjective

1. completely saturated

2. 1. dulled, esp by excessive drinking

   2. ( in combination )

      a drink-sodden mind

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

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verb

1. to make or become sodden

Other Word Forms

• soddenly adverb
• soddenness noun

Etymology

Origin of sodden

1250–1300; Middle English soden, sothen, past participle of sethen to seethe

Example Sentences

My butterflies, their wings sodden, flap clumsily about.

From Literature

Her outstretched arms found the trunk and wrapped around it, cheek pressed to the sodden wood.

From Literature

In the morning the field was a vast sodden swamp: hands, clothes, and faces were black from the cinder mud.

From Literature

There, below a big red boulder shaped like a sleeping auroch, lay two drowned wolves like sodden fur cloaks.

From Literature

The ball travelled unpredictably across the sodden surface.

From BBC

Related Words

• saturated
• soaked
• soggy