Synonyms of sopping

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adjective

as in dripping

containing, covered with, or thoroughly penetrated by water

my hair and clothes were absolutely sopping after the unexpected downpour

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dripping
• saturated
• wet
• saturate
• bathed
• washed
• soaked
• soaking
• flooded
• sodden
• drenched
• soggy
• waterlogged
• damp
• moist
• water-soaked
• watered
• bedraggled
• soppy
• awash
• logged
• soused
• flushed
• watery
• doused
• drowned
• dowsed
• splashed
• submerged
• rinsed
• overflowed
• inundated
• humid
• dipped
• hydrated
• steeped
• aqueous
• clammy
• swamped
• irrigated
• deluged
• dampish
• dank
• boggy
• sluiced
• seepy
• dunked
• sloppy
• squashy
• wettish
• miry
• laved
• semimoist

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dry
• arid
• unwatered
• waterless
• bone-dry
• waterproof
• watertight
• hyperarid
• dehydrated
• baked
• water-repellent
• water-resistant
• parched
• thirsty
• droughty
• sunbaked
• sere
• sear
• wrung
• ultradry
• freeze-dried

sopping

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verb

present participle of sop

1

as in soaking

to wet thoroughly with liquid

sopped the sponge with the detergent and began scrubbing the floor vigorously

Synonyms & Similar Words

• soaking
• saturating
• drowning
• drenching
• dipping
• impregnating
• washing
• macerating
• immersing
• steeping
• submerging
• sousing
• soddening
• penetrating
• seething
• marinating
• inundating
• watering
• moistening
• bathing
• swamping
• permeating
• water-soaking
• waterlogging
• dousing
• swilling
• infiltrating
• presoaking
• hydrating
• damping
• dampening
• humidifying
• dowsing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• drying
• wringing (out)
• searing
• emptying
• draining
• dehydrating
• parching
• voiding
• desiccating
• dehumidifying

2

as in wetting

to make wet

my book fell in the swimming pool and was thoroughly sopped before I could fish it out

Synonyms & Similar Words

• wetting
• drowning
• washing
• flooding
• soaking
• drenching
• rinsing
• watering
• bathing
• dousing
• waterlogging
• dowsing
• wetting down
• flushing
• dipping
• sprinkling
• moistening
• splashing
• sousing
• damping
• submerging
• water-soaking
• soddening
• showering
• drizzling
• bedraggling
• saturating
• misting
• inundating
• overflowing
• deluging
• dampening
• hydrating
• moisturizing
• humidifying
• swamping
• laving
• sloshing
• sluicing
• hosing (down)
• irrigating
• bedewing
• impregnating
• aspersing
• dunking
• ducking
• rewetting
• steeping
• rehydrating
• rewashing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• drying
• scorching
• searing
• parching
• desiccating
• dehydrating
• evaporating
• dewatering
• wringing
• freeze-drying
• dehumidifying
• drip-drying

3

as in dipping

to sink or push (something) briefly into or as if into a liquid

hesitant to sop his bread in gravy, no matter how delicious, at such a formal banquet

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dipping
• immersing
• dunking
• drowning
• ducking
• wetting
• submerging
• dousing
• soaking
• moistening
• dowsing
• sousing
• submersing
• bathing
• flooding
• drenching
• plunging
• steeping
• thrusting
• diving