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[ sod-n ] / ˈsɒd n / SEE SYNONYMS FOR sodden ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivesoaked 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. Origin of sodden1250–1300; Middle English soden, sothen, past participle of sethen to seethe OTHER WORDS FROM soddensod·den·ly, adverbsod·den·ness, nounWords nearby soddensoda nitre, soda pop, soda siphon, soda water, sodbuster, sodden, sod disease, soddy, Söderblom, Södertälje, sodger Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for soddenIt is a kind of hell, but not the spiraling inferno the Stalker Virgil led Dante through, but a sodden, sloppy Tartarus. Geoff Dyer Takes on Andrei Tarkovsky’s Film ‘Stalker’ in ‘Zona’|Chris Wallace|February 25, 2012|DAILY BEAST There is Walker McNally, a sodden drunk for whom the pouring and stirring of a drink becomes a kind of sexual foreplay. Do I Have to Read Sue Grafton?|William Boot|December 21, 2009|DAILY BEAST The Bishop of Tronyem over the ankles in the sodden, trodden pasture—sticking in the mud of Sulitelma! Feats on the Fiord|Harriet Martineau As they vanished behind a distant bluff, I turned to the sodden wreck of the deserted camp, and began actively to pack my mules. Tracks of a Rolling Stone|Henry J. Coke
Except one or two sodden mattresses and a huddled bunch of mouldy bed coverings, there was nothing of the slightest value. The Rushton Boys at Treasure Cove|Spencer Davenport The great trees in Shenstone Park stood gaunt and bare, spreading wide arms over the sodden grass. The Mistress of Shenstone|Florence L. Barclay Old Foyne desired that I would send him next day a piece of English beef; and another of pork, sodden with onions. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume IX.|Robert Kerr
British Dictionary definitions for sodden
adjectivecompletely saturated - dulled, esp by excessive drinking
- (in combination)a drink-sodden mind
heavy or doughy, as bread is when improperly cooked Derived forms of soddensoddenly, adverbsoddenness, nounWord Origin for soddenC13 soden, past participle of seethe Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to soddensoaked, soggy, saturated, wet, drenched, steeped, bloated, drunk, moist, mushy, soused, stewed, boiled, seethed |