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drenched

UK/dɹɛnt͡ʃt/US/dɹɛnt͡ʃt/
adjectiveB1+Occasional — familiar, but not everyday · #9,272 of 15,258leans spoken

Drenched means completely soaked by water. Drenched to the skin, drenched in sweat, absolutely drenched.

The completeness is the point — drenched is beyond wet and beyond soaked in ordinary use, and it usually happens suddenly. Drenched in is used of light and colour as well as liquid: drenched in sunlight. Note drench, which in farming means giving an animal liquid medicine by mouth.

Definitions of drenched

  1. 1adjectivedrenchedCompletely soaked by water.B1+

    “We got caught in the storm without an umbrella and arrived home drenched.”

drenched is a state of wetness.

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drenched in the wild

  • The fried balls are stacked in a mound in a special mold and drenched with hot honey.

    Chak-Chak

  • Just like his previous Soul Shack, Soul People features heavily blues-drenched jazz.

    Soul People (album)

  • Despite not charting, the song was generally well received and was noted for its unique use of candy referencing, with Pitchfork calling the song, "the album's string-drenched opener.

    Factory (song)

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