English Explanatory Dictionary

sodden

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Soaked or drenched with liquid; soggy, saturated.
  2. Boiled.
  3. Drunk; stupid as a result of drunkenness.
  4. Dull, expressionless (of a person’s appearance).
verb
  1. To drench, soak or saturate.
  2. To become soaked.

Pronunciation

/ˈsɒ.dən/ /ˈsɑ.dən/ en-au-sodden.ogg

Word forms

sodden more sodden most sodden soddens soddening soddened

Etymology

From Middle English sodden, soden, from Old English soden, ġesoden, from Proto-Germanic *sudanaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *seuþaną (“to seethe; boil”). Cognate with West Frisian sean, Dutch gezoden (“seethed, boiled”) (related to Dutch zode (“swampy land”)), Low German saden, söddt, German gesotten, Swedish sjuden, Icelandic soðinn. More at seethe.

Synonyms

waterlogged dopping drunk blank stonefaced

Derived words

soddenly soddenness unsodden
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