-SODDEN


Meaning of -SODDEN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ -sɒd(ə)n ]

1.

-sodden combines with ‘drink’ and with the names of alcoholic drinks to form adjectives which describe someone who has drunk too much alcohol and is in a bad state as a result.

He portrays a whisky-sodden Catholic priest.

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2.

-sodden combines with words such as ‘rain’ to form adjectives which describe someone or something that has become extremely wet as a result of the thing that is mentioned.

The porter put our scruffy rain-sodden luggage on a trolley.

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