sodden

C2 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈsɑ.dən/ UK /ˈsɒ.dən/ See IPA manual

Minimal pairs

Sounds like sudden /ʌ/ vs /ɑ/ Sounds like sadden /æ/ vs /ɑ/

Freq #63915

Meanings

1

adj
Soaked or drenched with liquid; soggy, saturated.

It is found, indeed, that meat, roaſted by a fire of peat or turf, is more ſodden than when coal is employed for that purpoſe.
2

adj
Boiled.

The thirde [drynke] is of that kinde of hony named Pechmes, whiche is made of newe wine sodden, vntill the third parte be boyled awaye […].
3

adj
Drunk; stupid as a result of drunkenness.

1595, George Peele, The Old Wives’ Tale, The Malone Society Reprints, 1908, line 560, You whoreson sodden headed sheepes-face […].
4

adj
Dull, expressionless (of a person’s appearance).

Remoue and march, soft and faire Gentlemen, soft and faire: double your files, as you were, faces about. Now you with the sodden face, keepe in there […].

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · soaked or drenched with... dopping

3 adj · drunk; stupid as a result... drunk

4 adj · dull, expressionless (of a... blankstonefaced

More waterlogged wet

Word family

Forms soddened

Derived forms soddenlysoddennessunsodden

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.

Topics

Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# sodden

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ˈsɑ.dən/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈsɒ.dən/
**Frequency rank:** 63915

## Meanings
1. Soaked or drenched with liquid; soggy, saturated.
2. Boiled.
3. Drunk; stupid as a result of drunkenness.
4. Dull, expressionless (of a person’s appearance).

## Examples
- It is found, indeed, that meat, roaſted by a fire of peat or turf, is more ſodden than when coal is employed for that purpoſe.
- The thirde [drynke] is of that kinde of hony named Pechmes, whiche is made of newe wine sodden, vntill the third parte be boyled awaye […].
- 1595, George Peele, The Old Wives’ Tale, The Malone Society Reprints, 1908, line 560, You whoreson sodden headed sheepes-face […].
- Remoue and march, soft and faire Gentlemen, soft and faire: double your files, as you were, faces about. Now you with the sodden face, keepe in there […].

## Synonyms
- waterlogged
- wet

## Derived Forms
- soddenly
- soddenness
- unsodden

## 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.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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