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Synonyms & Antonyms of wet
(Entry 1 of 3)
1
containing, covered with, or thoroughly penetrated by water
- I left the car windows open while it rained, and the seats got all wet
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3
being under the influence of alcohol
- designated a driver so the others could get wet and make it home safely at the end of the night
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- besotted,
- blasted
- [slang],
- blind,
- blitzed
- [slang],
- blotto
- [slang],
- bombed,
- boozy,
- canned
- [slang],
- cockeyed,
- crocked,
- drunk,
- drunken,
- fried,
- gassed,
- hammered
- [slang],
- high,
- impaired,
- inebriate,
- inebriated,
- intoxicated,
- juiced
- [slang],
- lit,
- lit up,
- loaded
- [slang],
- looped,
- oiled
- [slang],
- pickled,
- pie-eyed,
- plastered,
- potted
- [slang],
- ripped
- [slang],
- sloshed
- [slang],
- smashed
- [slang],
- sottish,
- soused,
- sozzled,
- squiffed
- (or squiffy),
- stewed,
- stiff,
- stinking
- [slang],
- stoned,
- tanked
- [slang],
- tiddly
- [chiefly British],
- tight,
- tipsy,
- wasted
- [slang],
- wiped out
- [slang]
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4
appealing to the emotions in an obvious and tiresome way
- things get more than a little wet during the opera's big death scene
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- chocolate-box,
- cloying,
- corny,
- drippy,
- fruity,
- gooey,
- lovey-dovey,
- maudlin,
- mawkish,
- mushy,
- novelettish,
- saccharine,
- sappy,
- schmaltzy,
- sentimental,
- sloppy,
- slushy,
- soppy,
- soupy,
- spoony
- (or spooney),
- sticky,
- sugarcoated,
- sugary
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5
British
lacking strength of will or character
- employees of the company despised their boss as a wet and ineffectual bloke
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wet
nounSynonyms & Antonyms of wet (Entry 2 of 3)
a steady falling of water from the sky in significant quantity
- winced as he walked out into the wet without any protection
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wet
verbSynonyms & Antonyms of wet (Entry 3 of 3)
to make wet
- you need to wet your hair thoroughly first
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The first known use of wet was before the 12th century
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