Synonyms of dripping

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adjective

as in saturated

containing, covered with, or thoroughly penetrated by water

dripping shoes left on the porch to dry

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

dripping

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verb

present participle of drip

as in flowing

to fall or let fall in or as if in drops

water from the leaky roof was dripping all over the floor

the cracked bottle dripped wine

Synonyms & Similar Words

• flowing
• pouring
• trickling
• sprinkling
• dropping
• distilling
• dribbling
• streaming
• rippling
• bleeding
• rolling
• seeping
• oozing
• weeping
• running
• cascading
• drizzling
• exuding
• discharging
• guttering
• riffling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• gushing
• spouting
• spurting

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of dripping

Adjective

The sheer shimmering silver fabric was dripping in tiny sequins and featured a diamond sequin lattice embellishment. — Meg Walters, InStyle, 28 July 2026

Take a monthly walk around the house with TVs and music to actively listen for a toilet running or faucet dripping. — Timothy Dale, The Spruce, 27 July 2026

Fat dripping into the fire triggers smoke, which ramps up flavor. — Jasmine Thompson, Midwest Living, 25 July 2026

Vance seems to have doubled down on the strategy since then, but each new incident just offers more evidence of his dripping disdain for voters’ intelligence. — David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 21 July 2026

They’re meant to be neat, self-contained, and easy to manage without dripping, crumbling, or requiring a balancing act at a cocktail table. — Alexandra Emanuelli, Southern Living, 19 July 2026

Dodger Stadium is dripping in lore, from Kirk Gibson’s legendary walk-off home run in 1988 to more history, like Shohei Ohtani playing perhaps the greatest game ever last postseason. — Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2026

Wash your hands at the hookah station handwash sink or the ware washing area handwash sink and you would be left with dripping hands. — David J. Neal july 10, Miami Herald, 10 July 2026

The city has taken a slate of actions to help sweat-dripping denizens find refuge from the heat, including opening up additional cooling centers and expanding pool hours. — Julian Roberts-Grmela, New York Daily News, 4 July 2026

Verb

The note probably wouldn’t have been legible anyway, with the constant blood dripping from my writing hand. — Todd Orr, Outdoor Life, 30 July 2026

The shots are busy with equipment—boom mikes, bulb-flashes, wires and cables dripping like innards or snakes, the hungry Cyclopean eye of a mounted camera. — Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 24 July 2026

Ciara modeled a sheer Celia Kritharioti gown dripping in crystal embellishments, matching its gold hue to her statement jewelry, which included a sculpted choker and giant rings that wrapped around her torso. — Hannah Malach, InStyle, 17 July 2026

The result is an urgent, propulsive song with a raw spirit and some of Pop’s most super-charged writing with deceptively simple lyrics about love and war, dripping with desperation. — Debby Wolfinsohn, Entertainment Weekly, 7 July 2026

The simulations that captured the localized effects of individual large impacts also produced wholesale recycling of crust back into the mantle, with material dripping down to depths of at least 600 kilometers. — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 5 July 2026

One of the finest temperate rain forests in the United States, the Hoh Rain Forest is worth visiting just for fantastical trails like the Hall of Mosses and Hoh River Trail, which wind through peaceful glens of trees positively dripping with moss. — Zoe Baillargeon, Travel + Leisure, 5 July 2026

In really humid temperatures, the air becomes saturated with water vapour meaning sweat does not evaporate as efficiently, leaving humans in hot, humid environments dripping with sweat as the body struggles to get rid of excess heat. — Victoria Forster, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026

The music was slinky, glamorous, dripping in delicious campiness. — Vrinda Jagota, Pitchfork, 27 June 2026