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

In honor of her bestie Taylor Swift's wedding with Travis Kelce on July 3, Gomez stepped out in a shimmering Oscar de la Renta dress dripping in crystals and gold fringe detailing. — Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 5 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

Clear sunscreen sticks glide across the skin without leaving the chalky white cast that mineral formulas can create, and their solid texture means less dripping or rubbing than a lotion. — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson july 2, Miami Herald, 2 July 2026

The equivalent of promising your family a weekend away at an all-inclusive resort, and instead ending up at a dirty road-side motel with creaky beds and dripping faucets. — Daren Smith, IndieWire, 24 June 2026

Empty standing water at least once a week (birdbaths, pet bowls, plant saucers), fix dripping faucets and keep gutters clear. — Sharon Wu, USA Today, 16 June 2026

Once the espresso has completed dripping into the cup, you’re all set to sip. — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 June 2026

There’s an entire salad bowl of chocolate mousse, perfectly bitter and rich, and a Paris-Brest the circumference of a tricycle wheel, with enormous puffs of hazelnut mousse and a dripping seam of blackberry jam. — Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 14 June 2026

Yatez’s pores could be seen dripping sweat from the several different screens onstage and on the scaffoldings. — Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 13 June 2026

Verb

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

Looking radiant from every angle, Abrams stunned in a side boob-baring Chanel dress dripping in intricate beadwork. — Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 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

On June 25, Zendaya attended a photo-call in London wearing the slinky blue dress dripping in beads and charms, including a large spiderweb cascading down her back. — Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 25 June 2026

The reading drew a ravenous crowd packing the modestly sized Lower East Side storefront so tight that beads of sweat might as well have begun dripping from the walls. — Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 25 June 2026