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sod·den
(sŏd′n)adj.
1. Thoroughly soaked; saturated.
2. Soggy and heavy from improper cooking; doughy.
3. Expressionless, stupid, or dull, especially from drink.
4. Unimaginative; torpid.
v. sod·dened, sod·den·ing, sod·dens
tr. & intr.v.
To make or become sodden.
[Middle English soden, boiled, past participle of sethen, to boil; see seethe.]
sod′den·ly adv.
sod′den·ness n.
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sodden
(ˈsɒdən)adj
1. completely saturated
2.
a. dulled, esp by excessive drinking
b. (in combination): a drink-sodden mind.
3. (Cookery) heavy or doughy, as bread is when improperly cooked
vb
to make or become sodden
[C13 soden, past participle of seethe]
ˈsoddenly adv
ˈsoddenness n
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sod•den
(ˈsɒd n)adj.
1. soaked with liquid or moisture; saturated.
2. soggy or lumpy, as food that is poorly cooked.
3. bloated, as the face.
4. torpid or listless.
5. Archaic. boiled.
v.t., v.i. 6. to make or become sodden.
[1250–1300; Middle English past participle of sethen to seethe]
sod′den•ly, adv.
sod′den•ness, n.
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sodden
Past participle: soddened
Gerund: soddening
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Adj. | 1. | sodden - wet through and through; thoroughly wet; "stood at the door drenched (or soaked) by the rain"; "the speaker's sodden collar"; "soppy clothes" wet - covered or soaked with a liquid such as water; "a wet bathing suit"; "wet sidewalks"; "wet weather" |
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sodden
adjective soaked, saturated, sopping, drenched, soggy, waterlogged, marshy, boggy, miry, droukit or drookit (Scot.) We stripped off our sodden clothes.
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sodden
adj → durchnäßt, triefnaß; ground → durchnässt, durchweicht; to be sodden with drink → sinnlos betrunken sein
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sodden
[ˈsɒdn] adj → zuppo/aCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995