Synonyms of drenched

drenched 1 of 2

adjective

as in dripping

containing, covered with, or thoroughly penetrated by water

the drenched tourists straggled into the visitors' center

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

drenched

2 of 2

verb

past tense of drench

1

as in wet

to make wet

we were drenched by the sudden rainstorm

Synonyms & Similar Words

• wet
• drowned
• washed
• flooded
• soaked
• watered
• bathed
• rinsed
• waterlogged
• bedraggled
• doused
• submerged
• flushed
• splashed
• dipped
• water-soaked
• sprinkled
• sopped
• damped
• showered
• moistened
• saturated
• soused
• wet down
• inundated
• drizzled
• soddened
• deluged
• hydrated
• misted
• dampened
• humidified
• swamped
• impregnated
• overflowed
• steeped
• bedewed
• irrigated
• sluiced
• hosed (down)
• laved
• sloshed
• dunked
• ducked
• moisturized
• aspersed
• rehydrated
• rewashed
• rewet

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dried
• parched
• scorched
• dehydrated
• evaporated
• seared
• desiccated
• dewatered
• freeze-dried
• wrung
• drip-dried
• dehumidified

2

as in soaked

to wet thoroughly with liquid

when using the carpet shampooer, wet but do not drench the carpet

Synonyms & Similar Words

• soaked
• saturated
• drowned
• impregnated
• steeped
• macerated
• immersed
• submerged
• dipped
• washed
• sopped
• soused
• soddened
• waterlogged
• penetrated
• marinated
• inundated
• watered
• bathed
• permeated
• seethed
• swamped
• water-soaked
• moistened
• infiltrated
• doused
• hydrated
• presoaked
• dampened
• humidified
• damped
• swilled

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dried
• wrung (out)
• parched
• drained
• emptied
• dehydrated
• seared
• desiccated
• voided
• dehumidified

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of drenched

Adjective

Heavy downpours drenched parts of northern Broward County on Thursday, causing treacherous driving conditions as rain flooded streets and roads. — Joan Murray, CBS News, 18 Sep. 2026

The singer kept her cool through technical difficulties and captivated a drenched, shifty crowd, drawing them in with a warm smile and a euphonious delivery. — Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 26 Aug. 2026

Players entered the home locker room after practice, drenched and recounting the biggest moments of the day with fist bumps and high fives littering the room. — Paul Dehner Jr, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026

Trapped in their castle by a howling rainstorm, our minifig royalty takes in a bevy of drenched animals. — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 21 Aug. 2026

Mostly, though, the film has been conceived as a fastidiously sun-drenched, nostalgia-rich homage to the early works of Steven Spielberg. — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026

Where the house’s beloved Valaya leans crisp and fresh, Athénaïs feels more sun-drenched and soft, summery getaways. — Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 31 July 2026

Warm and lived in, its heritage shines through the terracotta walls, antique wooden bureaus, and sun-drenched reading nooks. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 July 2026

That observation eventually led to the discovery of Pitera, the brand's now-iconic ferment; this sheet mask is absolutely drenched in it to nourish and plump skin with amino acids, vitamins, and minerals. — Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 23 June 2026

Verb

His trippy designs, drenched in bright pink, blue, and yellow, initially ended up in storage after some officials questioned their psychedelic vibe. — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 17 Sep. 2026

The crowd, who had traveled from miles around to cheer their home team, were drenched too. — Andrew Rice, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026

For years, the fixation on Islamist terror shaped a culture drenched in fear, as voices from politics, the media, civil society, and a swelling counterterrorism-industrial complex insisted that the country faced an existential threat. — Daniel Benjamin, Foreign Affairs, 11 Sep. 2026

The deaths were spread across three towns in Suichuan county, where heavy rain drenched the area for days after Typhoon Saudel came ashore on China's east coast. — ABC News, 10 Sep. 2026

In another part of the study, the research team saw that fat cells behaved differently when drenched with blood collected from the HIIT folks, including changes involved in many genes that regulate fat and whole-body metabolism. — Will Stone, NPR, 24 Aug. 2026

Once a refuge for long-haired hippies, artists, and outcasts, the White Isle is now drenched in superclubs, each bigger, louder, and more theatrical than the next. — Chloe Sachdev, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Aug. 2026

Caught unprepared for chemical warfare and lacking standard-issue gas masks, Allied soldiers improvised by covering their mouths and noses with handkerchiefs or pieces of cloth drenched in water or urine. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 19 Aug. 2026

While the bed was drenched in blood, the bathroom had little blood, police said, adding that blood patterns in the bathroom further indicated Lindsey’s body had been repositioned. — Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 19 Aug. 2026