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sopping - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | sopping |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | wet |
| Synonyms: | dank, drowned, saturated, soaked, sodden, soggy, soused, drenched, dripping, soaking, soppy, water-logged, wringing-wet |
| Main Entry: | damp |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | wet, humid |
| Synonyms: | clammy, cloudy, dank, misty, moist, muggy, saturated, soaked, sodden, soggy, sopping, steam bath*, steamy, sticky, vaporous, waterlogged, dewy, drenched, dripping, drippy, drizzly, irriguous, oozy, soaking, wettish |
| Antonyms: | arid, dried, dry, parched, dessicated |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | soaked |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | saturated |
| Synonyms: | dank, drowned, sodden, soggy, sopping, soused, wet, drenched, dripping, soaking, soppy, water-logged, wringing-wet |
| Main Entry: | soggy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | damp or soaking |
| Synonyms: | clammy, dank, heavy, humid, moist, muggy, mushy, pasty, saturated, soaked, sodden, soft, sopping, spongy, sticky, sultry, waterlogged, dripping, mucky, pulpy |
| Antonyms: | dry, dehydrated |
| Main Entry: | waterlogged |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | saturated |
| Synonyms: | dank, drowned, soaked, sodden, soggy, sopping, soused, wet, drenched, dripping, soaking, soppy, wringing-wet |
| Main Entry: | wet |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | damp, moist |
| Synonyms: | clammy, dank, foggy, humid, misty, muggy, pouring, rainy, saturate, saturated, slimy, slippery, snowy, soaked, sodden, soggy, sopping, soused, stormy, teeming, watery, aqueous, dewy, drenched, dripping, drizzling, moistened, raining, showery, slushy, soaking, soppy, teary, water-logged, wringing-wet |
| Antonyms: | dry, dehydrated |
| Main Entry: | buy |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bribe |
| Synonyms: | corrupt, fix, have, land, lubricate, ransom, reach, redeem, sop*, square, suborn, tamper, grease palm, oil palm |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | deluge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | inundate with water |
| Synonyms: | douse, drench, drown, engulf, flood, flush, gush, overflow, overrun, overwhelm, pour, sluice, soak, sop, souse, stream, submerge, swamp, wet, whelm |
| Main Entry: | douse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | drench, extinguish with liquid |
| Synonyms: | deluge, drown, duck, dunk, immerse, plunge, put out, quench, saturate, slop, slosh, smother, snuff, snuff out, soak, sop, souse, spatter, splash, splatter, steep, submerge, wet, blow out, squench, submerse |
| Notes: | douse first meant 'knock, punch, strike' and now means 'to extinguish or wet thoroughly; dowse means to look for water or minerals with a divining rod |
| Antonyms: | dry |
| Main Entry: | drench |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | wet thoroughly |
| Synonyms: | deluge, dip, douse, drown, duck, dunk, flood, immerse, impregnate, inundate, pour, saturate, seethe, soak, sodden, sop, souse, steep, submerge, teem, imbrue |
| Antonyms: | dry, parch |
| Main Entry: | drink |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take in liquid |
| Synonyms: | absorb, belt*, booze*, consume, dissipate, down, drain, gargle, gulp, guzzle*, hit the bottle*, imbibe, indulge, inhale, irrigate, lap*, nip*, put away, quaff, sip, slosh, sop, sponge, suck, swallow, swig, swill, thirst, tipple*, toast, liquor up*, partake of, slurp, soak up, sup, tank up, toss off, wash down, wet whistle |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | drown |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | submerge in liquid; submerge and die |
| Synonyms: | asphyxiate, deluge, dip, douse, drench, engulf, flood, go down, go under, immerse, inundate, obliterate, overcome, overflow, overpower, overwhelm, plunge, prostrate, sink, soak, sop, souse, stifle, suffocate, swamp, wipe out, knock over, whelm |
| Antonyms: | float, rescue, save |
| Main Entry: | dunk |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dip in liquid |
| Synonyms: | douse, duck, immerse, saturate, soak, sop, souse, submerge, submerse |
| Main Entry: | moisten |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make wet, damp |
| Synonyms: | bathe, dampen, dip, drench, lick, mist, rinse, saturate, shower, soak, sop, splash, splatter, spray, sprinkle, squirt, steam, steep, wash, water, water down, wet, bedew, humidify, moisturize, rain on, sog, waterlog |
| Antonyms: | dry |
| Main Entry: | saturate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | drench, wet through |
| Synonyms: | bathe, douse, imbue, immerse, impregnate, infuse, penetrate, percolate, permeate, pervade, sate, satiate, soak, sop, souse, steep, suffuse, surfeit, wash, douche, overfill, transfuse, waterlog |
| Antonyms: | dehydrate, dry |
| Main Entry: | soak |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | drench, wet |
| Synonyms: | absorb, assimilate, bathe, damp, dip, drink, drown, dunk, flood, immerse, impregnate, infiltrate, infuse, macerate, marinate, merge, moisten, penetrate, percolate, permeate, saturate, seethe, soften, sop, souse, steep, submerge, take in, wash, water, imbrue, immerge, pour into, pour on, waterlog |
| Antonyms: | dehydrate, dry |
| Main Entry: | souse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make very wet |
| Synonyms: | brine, deluge, dip, douse, drench, drown, duck, dunk, immerse, impregnate, marinate, pickle, preserve, seethe, soak, sop, steep, submerge, wet, submerse, waterlog |
| Antonyms: | dehydrate, dry |
| Main Entry: | splash |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | throw liquid |
| Synonyms: | bathe, broadcast, dabble, dash, douse, drench, drown, moisten, paddle, plunge, shower, slop, slosh, soak, sop, spatter, splatter, spray, spread, sprinkle, squirt, strew, throw, wade, wallow, wet, bespatter, get wet, plash |
| Main Entry: | splatter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | splash |
| Synonyms: | douse, drench, drown, moisten, plunge, shower, slosh, soak, sop, spatter, spray, sprinkle, squirt, wet, bespatter, get wet |
| Main Entry: | steep |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | let soak |
| Synonyms: | bathe, damp, drench, fill, imbue, immerse, impregnate, infuse, ingrain, invest, macerate, marinate, moisten, permeate, pervade, saturate, soak, sodden, sop, souse, submerge, suffuse, waterlog |
| Antonyms: | dehydrate, dry |
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