as in dripping
containing, covered with, or thoroughly penetrated by water
a miserable, soaked cat who looked like a drowned rat
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as in saturated
to wet thoroughly with liquid
we ran for home as soon as the rain started, but our clothes still ended up soaked
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as in stung
to charge (someone) too much for goods or services
a merchant who soaks the tourists every summer
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as in wetted
to make wet
that downpour soaked my hair, and now I look like a sight
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as in drank
to partake excessively of alcoholic beverages
depressed about his love life, he repaired to a bar to soak
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Recent Examples of soaked
Chaise Sanders, Travel + Leisure, 18 Oct. 2025
Add the soaked bread and its water to the blender along with the tomatoes, onion, and bell pepper.
—Laura McLively, Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2025
The oversized, dual-textured, pre-soaked treatment towelettes bring the power of clinical skincare to your bodycare routine.
—Angelina Villa-Clarke, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Nelson’s famed guitar, Trigger, was on his bus and unharmed, but other gear and equipment were so soaked or damaged that the next stop on the tour, in Oklahoma, had to be nixed as well.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 6 Sep. 2025
Once butter is melted and bubbling, add 3 soaked bread slices to pan and cook until golden brown, about 2 minutes per side.
—Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 31 Aug. 2025
Watch this video to see the rice-free way to dry out a soaked smartphone.
—Cody Godwin, USA Today, 30 Aug. 2025
La Risa R. Lynch, jsonline.com, 23 Oct. 2025
By the end of each trip, our clothes were soaked and our skin bitten raw by mosquitoes.
—Vogue, 18 Oct. 2025
Get soaked on the log flume or see a concert at Pirates World?
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 15 Oct. 2025
Some of the storm’s heaviest rain has already soaked the Carolinas, but an additional 1 to 3 inches is possible from the mid-Atlantic to Northeast into Tuesday.
—Dakin Andone, CNN Money, 12 Oct. 2025
The Southeast Coast from Florida up to the Wilmington, Delaware, area are currently getting soaked with rain, with some of the downpours heavy enough to cause some flash flooding in areas late Friday.
—Kyle Reiman, ABC News, 11 Oct. 2025
By daybreak, we were soaked, hungry, and exhausted.
—Derek Horner, Outdoor Life, 8 Oct. 2025
Every four weeks, the researchers re-soaked the wraps in case the permethrin wore off.
—Jonathan Lambert, NPR, 7 Oct. 2025
One battle after another Craig Breslow stood in the middle of the clubhouse, his red shirt soaked and his flip-flops sticky with champagne.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 27 Sep. 2025
Adjective
And with this model, the dream of a sun-soaked, stylish getaway is closer than ever.
—Chaise Sanders, Travel + Leisure, 18 Oct. 2025
Add the soaked bread and its water to the blender along with the tomatoes, onion, and bell pepper.
—Laura McLively, Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2025
The oversized, dual-textured, pre-soaked treatment towelettes bring the power of clinical skincare to your bodycare routine.
—Angelina Villa-Clarke, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Nelson’s famed guitar, Trigger, was on his bus and unharmed, but other gear and equipment were so soaked or damaged that the next stop on the tour, in Oklahoma, had to be nixed as well.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 6 Sep. 2025
Once butter is melted and bubbling, add 3 soaked bread slices to pan and cook until golden brown, about 2 minutes per side.
—Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 31 Aug. 2025
Watch this video to see the rice-free way to dry out a soaked smartphone.
—Cody Godwin, USA Today, 30 Aug. 2025
Verb
The August rains that soaked much of the Milwaukee area changed that.
—La Risa R. Lynch, jsonline.com, 23 Oct. 2025
By the end of each trip, our clothes were soaked and our skin bitten raw by mosquitoes.
—Vogue, 18 Oct. 2025
Get soaked on the log flume or see a concert at Pirates World?
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 15 Oct. 2025
Some of the storm’s heaviest rain has already soaked the Carolinas, but an additional 1 to 3 inches is possible from the mid-Atlantic to Northeast into Tuesday.
—Dakin Andone, CNN Money, 12 Oct. 2025
The Southeast Coast from Florida up to the Wilmington, Delaware, area are currently getting soaked with rain, with some of the downpours heavy enough to cause some flash flooding in areas late Friday.
—Kyle Reiman, ABC News, 11 Oct. 2025
By daybreak, we were soaked, hungry, and exhausted.
—Derek Horner, Outdoor Life, 8 Oct. 2025
Every four weeks, the researchers re-soaked the wraps in case the permethrin wore off.
—Jonathan Lambert, NPR, 7 Oct. 2025
One battle after another Craig Breslow stood in the middle of the clubhouse, his red shirt soaked and his flip-flops sticky with champagne.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 27 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for soaked
Adjective
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The corseted dress was meant to resemble dripping water with its dangling beaded embellishments.—
Ariana Quihuiz,
PEOPLE,
21 Oct. 2025
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The rest of them gathered right beneath the trap, reaching up with pudgy arms and the tiniest fingers, eyes suddenly dripping tears.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Nearly every market is saturated.—
Astha Bhardwaj,
Fortune,
25 Oct. 2025
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The colors are richly saturated, and when something catches Ryan’s eye—say, a bee alighting on a wildflower—the images shimmer with an almost radioactive intensity.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
24 Oct. 2025
Verb
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John Kell Amazon Web Services stung by massive outage.—
John Kell,
Fortune,
22 Oct. 2025
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Gaia sent a giant scorpion to stop Orion, who was stung and died.—
Hannah Parry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Oct. 2025
Verb
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On a recent day, a patron drank a Guinness at the bar amid walls are covered in funeral notices from people who had come for a drink after saying that final goodbye.—
Chris Kenning,
USA Today,
25 Oct. 2025
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Three or four decades ago, the newspaperman was appealingly raffish—at once a bum who drank too much and a knight-errant who charged unafraid at social injustice, succored the weak, and crossed lances with the powerful and arrogant.—
David Wingrave,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The ghost of a Cloyd brother's daughter who fell from a horse and drowned in a stream is said to make her presence known.—
Craig Shoup,
Nashville Tennessean,
21 Oct. 2025
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Sergeant Anna Barbosa said Hennigan is believed to have drowned.—
Abigail Adams,
PEOPLE,
20 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Successive hurricanes had gouged a hole in the Sunshine State, leaving several private carriers insolvent — and leaving hundreds of thousands of their customers with no choice but Citizens.—
Mario Ariza,
ProPublica,
15 Sep. 2025
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But a low spot in the ocean, a channel gouged down into the sand on the ocean surface, or a break in a sandbar, can disrupt that flow and push water through the spot to create a current much more powerful than the surrounding flow.—
Jennifer Borresen,
USA Today,
20 Aug. 2025
Verb
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To help keep leaves, whole or chopped, in place during high winds or flooding rains, wet them down with a hose.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
4 Oct. 2025
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But the comedy is absolutely something that wets my beak, I'm drawn to it.—
H. Alan Scott,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Linen clothing that is not pre-washed or that is dried in high heat can shrink by 15 percent.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
21 Oct. 2025
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Pre-washed greens, like those in salad kits, aren’t immune to these issues.—
Danielle Zickl,
Health,
26 Sep. 2025
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“Soaked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/soaked. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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