Definition of SODDEN

sodden

Adjective Satellite

  • wet through and through; thoroughly wet
    • "the speaker's sodden collar"

Adj

  • Soaked or drenched with liquid; soggy, saturated.
  • Boiled.
  • Drunk; stupid as a result of drunkenness.
  • Dull, expressionless (of a person’s appearance).

Verb

Verb Forms: soddened, soddening, soddens

  • To make thoroughly soaked or soggy.
  • To drench, soak or saturate.
  • To become soaked.

Examples

  • A long string of low-scoring words can sodden a player’s morale in Scrabble.

Origin / 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.

Scrabble Score: 8

sodden: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
sodden: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
sodden: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 9

sodden: valid Words With Friends Word