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Sodden

Definition: Sodden

Sodden

Adjective

1. Wet through and through; thoroughly wet; "stood at the door drenched (or soaked) by the rain"; "a shirt saturated with perspiration"; "his shoes were sopping (or soaking)"; "the speaker's sodden collar"; "soppy clothes".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "sodden" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1599. (references)

 

Synonyms: Sodden

Synonyms: drenched (adj), saturated (adj), soaked (adj), soaking (adj), sopping (adj), soppy (adj). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Sodden

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Calefaction

Adjective: heated. Verb: molten, sodden; r_chauff_; heating. Verb: adust.

Moisture

Swashy, soggy, dabbled; reeking, dripping, soaking,soft, sodden, sloppy, muddy; swampy. (marshy); irriguous.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Sodden

English words defined with "sodden": drenchedsaturated, soaked, soaking, sopping, soppy. (references)
Etymologies containing "sodden": SUDS. (references)

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Use in Literature: Sodden

TitleAuthorQuote

Grapes of Wrath

Steinbeck, John

Then from the tents, from the crowded barns, groups of sodden men went out, their clothes slopping rags, their shoes muddy pulp

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Sodden

"Sodden" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Sodden" is used about 203 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)100%20321,393

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Sodden

Expressions using "sodden": become sodden make sodden sodden face. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "sodden": Sodden-witted.

Ending with "sodden": petrol-sodden, rain-sodden, sweat-sodden.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Sodden

Language Translations for "sodden"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

i zier (boiled, stewed), i valuar, i trullosur (besotted, dizzy, light-headed, punchy, slaphappy, sottish, stupid). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏معتوه (batty, cracked, crackpot, crazy, demented, dim witted, idiotic, imbecile, imbecilic, insane, loony, lunatic, mad, madman, mentally deranged, off his head, possessed, screwy, soft-headed, stupid, up the pole, witless), ‏معاقر للخمر, ‏مخضل (moist, wet), ‏مرتو, ‏أبله (asinine, ass, brainless, coot, cuckoo, daw, dense, dim witted, dullard, fatuous, feeble minded, gaga, gawky, goofy, half-witted, idiotic, imbecile, lemon, mad, patsy, screwed, sheepish, silly, sod, softy, soppy, stick in the mud, stupid, vacant, vacuous, wood-headed), ‏بلل (bathe, bedew, dabble, damp, dampness, drench, moisten, moistening, soaking, wet, wetness). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

съвсем мокър, разкисвам, тъп (asinine, blunt, bovine, cloddish, crass, dense, dim, dim witted, dopey, dopy, dull, dumb, gross, hollow, impenetrable, lumpish, muddle-headed, obtuse, opaque, puddingy, purblind, slow, stupid, thick, thick-headed, thick-witted, torpid, unpointed, wooden-headed), клисав (heavy, pasty, sad, soggy, stodgy), недоварен (half-done, raw, underdone), недопечен (doughy, half-baked, half-done, rare, raw, samel, slack-baked, underdone), накисвам (drench, macerate, saturate, soak, souse, steep), затъпял от пиянство (sottish), затъпял, пропит (saturated), подпухнал (bloated, dropsical, puffed up, puffy, swollen, turgid). (various references)

   

Czech

  

namoèený (dippy). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

نیم پخته (Halfbaked, Rare), چروکیده وپژمرده , گیج وکندذهن , خیس شدن , خیس (Drunk, Rainy, Soggy, Sop, Soppy, Wet), جوشانده , اشباع شده (Impregnant). (various references)

   

French

  

tremper (soak, sop), trempé (soaked), hébété, détrempé (soggy). (various references)

   

German

  

durchweicht (sodded, soddenly, soddy, soggy, soppy), durchnässt (soaked, soaks, soddened, soggy), durchnässen (drench, saturate, seep through, soak, to soak, to sodden). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

νερουλόσ (waterish, watery, wishy washy), μουσκεμένοσ (soggy, sopping, soppy), μουσκεμένος (soaking wet), μουλιασμένος. (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

שתוי (drunk, half seas over, inebrite, intoxicated, tipsy), רווי (resonant, saturated, saturation, soggy, watering), ספו' (absorber, saturated, soaked, soggy, sponge). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

átitatott (impregnate, saturated, soaked), átázott (soak, soaked, soggy, sopping, soppy, spongy), vízben főtt, túlfőtt (overdone), szesztől elbutult (sodden with drink), sületlen (fooling about, half-baked, soggy, vapid), ragacsos (clammy, gluey, gooey, grungy, sammy, soggy), párolt (boiled, braised, jugged, stewed), lucskos (clam, draggled, sloppy), felázott (poachy, sloppy, soggy), elázott (sodden with drink, to be topped), dinsztelt (braised), borgőzös (sodden with drink, vinous), átnedvesedett (waterlogging), átitatódott. (various references)

   

Italian

  

bagnato fradicio. (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

潤ける (to become sodden, to swell up), じっと見る (damp, damp and humid, noisily, to be clammy, to be sodden, to be wet, to bedamp, to watch steadily, well, well then). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

ふやける (to become sodden, to swell up), じめじめする (to be clammy, to be sodden, to be wet, to bedamp). (various references)

   

Manx

  

feer fliugh. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

oddensay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

pesado (burdensome, cumbersome, cumbrous, drab, elephantine, gloomy, gross, heavy, hefty, hulking, leaden, logy, lumbering, lumping, lumpish, massive, massy, muff, muggy, onerous, oppressive, plodding, ponderous, rigourous, slowpoke, soggy, sound, stodgy, stringent, tubby, unwieldy, weighty), muito molhado, mal feito (catchpenny, nailed-up, rough-and-ready), mal cozido (samel, slack-baked, soggy, unbaked, under-cooked), ensopado em água (soggy), encharcado (dripping, madid, saturated, soaked, soggy, sopping, soppy, weathered, wet). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

ud (damp, humid, moist, soaked, soggy, wet), necopt (crude, green, half-baked, immature, raw, sour, unripe), crud (brutal, brutally, callous, callow, crude, cruel, cruelly, cut throat, dire, foully, gory, green, hard, harsh, immature, merciless, raw, ruthless, sanguinary, savage, savagely, sour, truculent, unfeeling, violent, violently, wolfish, young), îmbibat cu apã (saturated). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

промокший (saturate, soaking wet, sopping). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

raskvašen (soggy), natopljen. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

saturado (saturate, saturated), mojado (damp, damped, dampish, moist, slobbery, sloppy, soaked, soaking, sopping, souse, watery, wet), empapado (impregnated, saturated, soaked, soggy, sopping). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

genomdränkt (be steeped, soaked, soakt). (various references)

   

Thai

  

เปียกชุ่ม (sog). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

sarhoş (bacchant, beery, besotted, blind drunk, blotto, bombed, boozed, boozer, boozy, canned, cockeyed, corked, drunk, drunkard, drunken, fried, groggy, high, intoxicated, jagged, lit, lit up, loaded, nappy, oiled, pickled, pie-eyed, pissed, pixilated, queer, screwed, sloshed, smashed, sot, sottish, soused, sozzled, squiffy, stewed, stiff, stinking, stinko, stoned, tanked, tight, under the influence, under the influence of drink, under the weather, well oiled, winy, woozy, zonked), sırılsıklam (dripping, head over heels, like a drowned rat, soaking wet, sopping, sopping wet, soppy, wet through, wringing, wringing wet), hamur gibi (doughy, limp, pasty, pulpy, soggy), fitil gibi sarhoş (smashed), anlamsız (absurd, barren, blank, dead pan, empty, expressionless, for the birds, frivolous, grotesque, inane, incoherent, inept, inexpressive, insane, insignificant, meaningless, nonsense, nonsensical, of no significance, pointless, purposeless, ridiculous, senseless, unmeaning, unreasonable, vacuous, vain, yeasty), çok ıslak (wringing, wringing wet). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

гливкий, п'яний (banged, blind drunk, boiled, boozy, canned, disguised, drunk, drunken, groggy, inebriate, intoxicate, lush, malty, noggy, pickled, pie-eyed, pizz, plastered, raddled, screwed, soused, sozzled, sozzly, under the table, vinous, wall eyed, wet, winy, woozy, zigzag), промоклий (dripping, saturated), переварений (overcooked). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

u mê; có vẻ đần độn, đầy nước ẩm, đẫm nước (soggy, watery, wet). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Sodden

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

madia, madidus. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Bible Trace: Sodden

LanguageDateSourceExodus Chapter 12, Verse 9
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintOuk edesqe ap' autwn wmon oude hyhmenon en udati all' h opta puri kefalhn sun toiV posin kai toiV endosqioiV
Latin405VulgateNon comedetis ex eo crudum quid nec coctum aqua sed assum tantum igni caput cum pedibus eius et intestinis vorabitis
Middle English1395WyclifYe shulen not eten of it eny thing raw, ne sothun with water, but oneli rostid with fier; the heed with his feet and entrayls ye shulen vowre;
Renaissance English1526TyndaleSe that ye eate not therof sode in water, but rost with fyre: both head fete ad purtenance together.
Jacobean English1611King JamesEat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast with fire; his head with his legs, and with the purtenance thereof.
Victorian English1833WebsterEat not of it raw, nor boiled at all with water, but roasted with fire; its head with its legs, and with its entrails.
Basic English1964OgdenDo not take it uncooked or cooked with boiling water, but let it be cooked in the oven; its head with its legs and its inside parts.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: Sodden

LanguageExodus Chapter 12, Verse 9
CebuanoDili kamo magakaon niini nga hilaw, dili usab linoto sa tubig, kondili sinugba sa kalayo; ang iyang ulo uban ang iyang mga tiil ug ang iyang sulod sa ginhawaan.
Chinese不 可 喫 " 的 、 斷 不 可 喫 水 煮 的 、 要 帶 著 、 腿 、 " 臟 、 " 火 烤 了 喫 。
CroatianDa ništa sirovo ili na vodi skuhano od njega niste jeli, nego na vatri peèeno: s glavom, nogama i ponutricom.
DanishI må ikke spise noget deraf råt eller kogt i Vand, men kun stegt over Ilden, og Hoved, Ben og Indmad må ikke være skilt fra.
DutchGij zult daarvan niet rauw eten, ook geenszins in water gezoden; maar aan het vuur gebraden, zijn hoofd met zijn schenkelen en met zijn ingewand.
FinnishÄlkää syökö siitä mitään raakana tai vedessä keitettynä, vaan tulessa paistettuna päineen, jalkoineen ja sisälmyksineen.
FrenchVous ne le mangerez point demi cuit et bouilli dans l`eau; mais il sera rôti au feu, avec la tête, les jambes et l`intérieur.
GermanIhr sollt's nicht roh essen noch mit Wasser gesotten, sondern am Feuer gebraten, sein Haupt mit seinen Schenkeln und Eingeweiden.
Haitian CreolePiga nou manje vyann lan ni manke kwit ni bouyi. Se boukannen pou nou boukannen l' tout ankè ak tout tonbe a.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariAnak domba itu harus dipanggang seluruhnya, lengkap dengan kepalanya, kakinya dan isi perutnya. Makanlah daging yang sudah dipanggang itu, jangan ada yang dimakan mentah atau direbus.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaJangan kamu makan dia mentah atau direbus, melainkan dipanggang di atas api serta dengan kepalanya dan kakinya dan isi perutnya.
ItalianNon lo mangerete crudo, né bollito nell'acqua, ma solo arrostito al fuoco con la testa, le gambe e le viscere.
MaoriKaua tetahi wahi e kainga matatia, he mea kohua ranei ki te wai, engari kia tunua ki te ahi; ko tona pane, ko ona waewae, me ona whekau.
NorwegianI må ikke ete noget av det rått eller kokt i vann, men stekt ved ild, med hode, føtter og innvoller.
PortugueseNão comereis dele cru, nem cozido em água, mas sim assado ao fogo; a sua cabeça com as suas pernas e com a sua fressura.   
RumanianSq nu -l mkncayi crud sau fiert kn apq; ci sq fie fript la foc: atkt capul, ckt wi picioarele wi mqruntaiele.
RussianОЕ ЕЫШФЕ ПФ ОЕЗП ОЕ"П ЕЮЕООПЗП, ЙМЙ УЧБТЕООПЗП Ч ЧП"Е, ОП ЕЫШФЕ ЙУ ЕЮЕООПЕ ОБ ПЗОЕ, ЗПМПЧХ У ОПЗБНЙ Й ЧОХФТЕООПУФСНЙ;
SpanishNo comeréis del cordero nada crudo, ni cocido en agua; sino asado al fuego, con su cabeza, sus piernas y sus entrañas.
SwedishI skolen icke äta något därav rått eller kokt i vatten, utan det skall vara stekt på eld, med huvud, fötter och innanmäte.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Sodden

Derivations

Words beginning with "sodden": soddened, soddening, soddenly, soddenness, soddennesses, soddens. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Sodden" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: dodden, godden, sden, Sedden, Shodden, slodde, sodded, soddem, sodder, sode, soden, sodin, Sowdens, suddel, suoden. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Sodden"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "sodden" (pronounced sÄ"dun)
4-Ä" d u ndowntrodden.
3-d u nabandon, bedridden, beholden, broaden, burden, cordon, deaden, embolden, forbidden, garden, gladden, golden, harden, hidden, Holden, Jordan, laden, leaden, Linden, Loden, Louden, madden, maiden, menhaden, Myrmidon, olden, overburden, overridden, pardon, prekindergarten, prostaglandin, redden, ridden, sadden, Soldan, sudden, tendon, unburden, warden, widen, wooden.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Sodden

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "d-d-e-n-o-s"

-1 letter: dosed, nodes, nosed, sonde.

-2 letters: dens, does, done, dons, dose, eddo, ends, eons, node, nods, noes, nose, odds, odes, ones, send, sned, sone.

-3 letters: den, doe, don, dos, eds, end, ens, eon, nod, nos, odd, ode, ods, oes, one, ons, ose, sen, sod, son.

-4 letters: de, do, ed, en, es, ne, no, od, oe.

 Words containing the letters "d-d-e-n-o-s"
 

+1 letter: despond, dynodes, godsend, hoddens, nodders, noddies, noddles, oddness, shodden, snooded, soddens, sounded.

 

+2 letters: adenoids, dendrons, deodands, desponds, disendow, disowned, downside, dudgeons, endopods, endorsed, godsends, indorsed, oddments, redounds, seconded, soddened, soddenly, stounded, swounded.

 

+3 letters: absconded, astounded, condensed, demonised, deskbound, desponded, diagnosed, dihedrons, disendows, disjoined, dodginess, dowdiness, downsides, downsized, downslide, duodenums, endoderms, oddnesses, pondweeds, resodding, resounded, responded, soddening, underdoes, underdogs, undergods, undersold, unsounded.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Quotations: Fiction
5. Usage Frequency
6. Expressions
7. Translations: Modern
8. Translations: Ancient
9. Bible Trace
10. Derivations
11. Rhymes
12. Anagrams
13. Bibliography


  

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