drenched
Wet all through
Drenched means thoroughly soaked, completely saturated with liquid.
The word almost always describes wetness from water or rain: We got drenched in the downpour, Her clothes were drenched with sweat.
Figuratively, something can be drenched in light, color, or atmosphere: a room drenched in afternoon sun.
The past participle of drench, it functions primarily as an adjective.
Thoroughly wet throughout
- soppingThoroughly wet through
- drippingRendered cooking fat
- soddenSaturated with liquid
- waterloggedSaturated with liquid
saturated · soaking · doused · wet · dampened · damp · moistened · splashed
Intense precipitation event
- cloudburstSudden heavy localized rainfall
- monsoonSeasonal tropical wind pattern
- delugeSevere overflow of water
- thunderstormViolent weather with lightning
torrent · rainfall · squall · shower · rainstorm · puddles · umbrella · raincoat
Overwhelmed by quantity
- swampedOverwhelmed beyond capacity
- floodedCovered with water
- delugedOverwhelmed by abundance
- engulfedCompletely swallowed up
overcome · bombarded · overloaded · drowning · awash · buried · overflowing · beset
soaked
Thoroughly wet throughout
waterlogged · saturated · soaking · doused · wet · dampened · damp · moistened · splashed · bathed
downpour
Intense precipitation event
- cloudburstSudden heavy localized rainfall
- monsoonSeasonal tropical wind pattern
- delugeSevere overflow of water
thunderstorm · torrent · rainfall · squall · shower · rainstorm · puddles · umbrella · raincoat · galoshes
inundated
Overwhelmed by quantity
engulfed · overcome · bombarded · overloaded · drowning · awash · buried · overflowing · beset
steeped
Saturated by soaking
suffused · marinated · penetrated · absorbed · filled · seeped · impregnated · diffused · laden · awash
perspiration
Fluid from exertion
heat · humidity · workout · gym · fever · hot · sticky · glistening · muggy · summer
- moisturemoisture, humidity, dampness, wetness, wet
- fullnessfull, empty, half-full, filled, half-empty
- saturatedsoaked, waterlogged, soggy, sopping, sodden
- rainrain, drizzling, downpour, raindrop, raindrops
- downpourdeluge, cloudburst, torrent, heavy rain, rainstorm
- protectedprotected, shielded, guarded, secured, safe