drenched

drenched

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɹɛnt͡ʃt/
• 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 (lyrics and music), “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 (lyrics and music), “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

Translations

completely wet; sodden

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 Maori: kueo, pukuwai, pōteretere Norwegian: Bokmål: gjennomvåt, søkkvåt Nynorsk: gjennomvåt, søkkvåt 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 tense and past participle of drench