drenched

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɹɛnt͡ʃt/

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• Rhymes: -ɛntʃt

Adjective

drenched (comparative more drenched, superlative most drenched)

1. Completely wet; sodden

   Synonyms: plashy, saturated, soaked; see also Thesaurus:wet

   The storm's so bad that if you step outside for 20 seconds, you get drenched.

   • 1979, Mick Jones, Joe Strummer, “Spanish Bombs”, in London Calling, performed by The Clash:

     Back home the buses went up in flashes / The Irish tomb was drenched in blood

   • 2012, Bob Dylan, “Pay in Blood”, in Tempest:

     Well I'm grinding my life out, steady and sure / Nothing more wretched than what I must endure / I'm drenched in the light that shines from the sun

Derived terms

• undrenched

Translations

completely wet; sodden — see also soaked

• Belarusian: прамо́клы (pramókly); (be drenched) адмака́ць impf (admakácʹ), адмо́кнуць pf (admóknucʹ)
• Catalan: xop (ca)
• Danish: gennemblødt, dyngvåd, drivvåd
• Finnish: läpimärkä (fi)
• French: trempé (fr)
• Georgian: გალუმპული (galumṗuli)
• German: klatschnass (de), pitschnass (de), patschnass (de), klitschnass (de), pudelnass (de)
• Greek: μούσκεμα (el) (moúskema)
• Icelandic: holdvotur (is)
• Irish: fliuch go craiceann
• Italian: bagnato (it)
• Latin: madidus
• Māori: kueo, pukuwai, pōteretere
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: gjennomvåt, søkkvåt

  Nynorsk: gjennomvåt, søkkvåt

• Polish: przemoczony, przemoknięty, przesiąknięty, przemokły, zmoknięty, namokły, zmokły
• Portuguese: ensopado (pt), encharcado (pt)
• Russian: промо́кший наскво́зь (promókšij naskvózʹ)
• Scots: drookeet
• Spanish: empapado (es)
• Swedish: dyngsur (sv), plaskvåt (sv)

Verb

drenched

1. simple past and past participle of drench