seeping
Trickling through gradually
Seeping describes liquid or gas moving slowly through small openings or porous material.
Water seeps through cracks in a foundation; blood seeps through a bandage.
The word suggests gradual, quiet movement rather than flowing or gushing.
Figuratively, something can seep into awareness or seep out of an organization: Rumors began seeping into the press.
Confidence was seeping away.
Small amounts of liquid
- wetnessState of being soaked
- dampnessMild presence of water
- clamminessMoist, cool dampness
- humidityMoisture in atmosphere
condensation · dew · mildew · saturation · sogginess · sodden · dankness · waterlogged
Seep gradually out
Enter or pass through
- permeateSpread through entirely
- diffuseSpread thinly throughout
- osmosisSolvent crossing semipermeable barrier
- filtrationSeparating solids from liquids
absorption · capillary · porous · membrane · permeable · gradual · spread · saturate
Moving slowly, stealthily
- insidiousSubtly destructive over time
- gradualDeveloping slowly over time
- subtleNot immediately obvious
- pervasivePresent throughout, inescapable
encroaching · spreading · dread · doubt · fear · cold · chill · realization
Organic breakdown process
- moldForm-giving container
- mildewFungus from dampness
- corrosionChemical wearing away
- deteriorationProcess of declining quality
rust · degradation · erosion · crumble · disintegration · dank · basement · foundation
drip
Liquid falling slowly
escape · bleed · drain · exude · discharge · percolate · leach · flow · spill · crack
moisture
Small amounts of liquid
- wetnessState of being soaked
- dampnessMild presence of water
- clamminessMoist, cool dampness
humidity · condensation · dew · mildew · saturation · sogginess · sodden · dankness · waterlogged · musty
ooze
Seep gradually out
resin · slime · goo · mud · ichor · pus · wound · sticky · thick · slow
penetrate
Enter or pass through
- permeateSpread through entirely
- diffuseSpread thinly throughout
- osmosisSolvent crossing semipermeable barrier
filtration · absorption · capillary · porous · membrane · permeable · gradual · spread · saturate · imbue
creeping
Moving slowly, stealthily
- insidiousSubtly destructive over time
- gradualDeveloping slowly over time
- subtleNot immediately obvious
pervasive · encroaching · spreading · dread · doubt · fear · cold · chill · realization · awareness
rot
Organic breakdown process
deterioration · rust · degradation · erosion · crumble · disintegration · dank · basement · foundation · structural
- moisturemoisture, humidity, dampness, wetness, wet
- movementwalk, move, go, run, jump
- contaminationpolluting, contaminating, fouling, tainting, poisoning
- fluid movementflowing, pouring, dripping, draining, oozing
- leaksleak, leaks, air leak, oil leak, gas leak
- water actionswatering, soaking, flooding, spraying, dripping