full of moisture or water; saturated
the sodden ground
(usu used in combinations) having drunk an excessive amount of alcohol
whisky-sodden
heavy, damp, or doughy because of imperfect cooking
sodden bread
(usu used in combinations)
said of a person: having drunk an excessive amount of a specified type of alcohol
said of a person's mind, speech, etc: impaired because of this
his whisky-sodden brain
soddenly adv
soddenness noun
[Middle English soden boiled, archaic past part. of sethen to seethe]