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dripping

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of dripping

containing, covered with, or thoroughly penetrated by water

dripping shoes left on the porch to dry

Synonyms of dripping

awash, bathed, bedraggled, doused (also dowsed), drenched, logged, saturate, saturated, soaked, soaking, sodden, soggy, sopping, soppy, soused, washed, water-soaked, watered, waterlogged, watery, wet

Words Related to dripping

deluged, drowned, flooded, inundated, overflowed

submerged, swamped

dipped, dunked, splashed

flushed, irrigated, laved, rinsed, sluiced

clammy, damp, dampish, dank, humid, moist, semimoist, wettish

boggy, miry, seepy, sloppy, squashy

Near Antonyms of dripping

bone-dry, hyperarid, ultradry

waterproof, water-repellent, water-resistant, watertight

baked, dehydrated, freeze-dried

droughty, parched, sere (also sear), sunbaked, thirsty

Antonyms of dripping

arid, dry, unwatered, waterless

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