overwet
Excessively soaked through
Overwet means excessively wet or saturated beyond the desired amount.
The term appears in contexts where moisture levels matter—papermaking, concrete mixing, gardening: The soil was overwet from days of rain.
To overwet something is to make it too wet: Be careful not to overwet the seedlings.
Saturated with liquid
- soggyThoroughly wet and soft
- soppingThoroughly wet through
- soddenSaturated with liquid
- soakedThoroughly wet throughout
drenched · saturated · swamped · logged · soaking · dripping · soppy · wringing
Overwhelmed by quantity
- submergedBelow water's surface
- floodedCovered with water
- swampedOverwhelmed beyond capacity
- engulfedCompletely swallowed up
overflow · deluged · awash · drowned · immersed · dunked · doused · waterlogged
Intense precipitation event
- delugeSevere overflow of water
- torrentialFlowing in violent streams
- cloudburstSudden heavy localized rainfall
- monsoonSeasonal tropical wind pattern
rainstorm · squall · tempest · pluvial · rainy · stormy · precipitation · drenching
waterlogged
Saturated with liquid
soaked · drenched · saturated · swamped · logged · soaking · dripping · soppy · wringing · squelchy
inundated
Overwhelmed by quantity
engulfed · overflow · deluged · awash · drowned · immersed · dunked · doused · waterlogged · pooling
damp
Slightly wet
humid · steamy · dewy · dampish · drizzly · misty · foggy · condensation · moisture · sweaty
downpour
Intense precipitation event
- delugeSevere overflow of water
- torrentialFlowing in violent streams
- cloudburstSudden heavy localized rainfall
monsoon · rainstorm · squall · tempest · pluvial · rainy · stormy · precipitation · drenching · soaking rain