Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɹɛnt͡ʃt/
- Rhymes: -ɛntʃt
Adjective
drenched (comparative more drenched, superlative most drenched)
- Completely wet; sodden
- Synonyms: plashy, saturated, soaked; see also Thesaurus:wet
The storm's so bad that if you step outside for 20 seconds, you get drenched.
1979, Mick Jones, Joe Strummer (lyrics and music), “Spanish Bombs”, in London Calling, performed by The Clash:Back home the buses went up in flashes / The Irish tomb was drenched in blood
2012, Bob Dylan (lyrics and music), “Pay in Blood”, in Tempest:Well I'm grinding my life out, steady and sure / Nothing more wretched than what I must endure / I'm drenched in the light that shines from the sun
Translations
completely wet; sodden
- Belarusian: прамо́клы (pramókly); (be drenched) адмака́ць impf (admakácʹ), адмо́кнуць pf (admóknucʹ)
- Catalan: xop (ca)
- Danish: gennemblødt, dyngvåd, drivvåd
- Finnish: läpimärkä (fi)
- French: trempé (fr)
- Georgian: გალუმპული (galumṗuli)
- German: klatschnass (de), pitschnass (de), patschnass (de), klitschnass (de), pudelnass (de)
- Greek: μούσκεμα (el) (moúskema)
- Icelandic: holdvotur (is)
- Irish: fliuch go craiceann
- Italian: bagnato (it)
- Latin: madidus
- Maori: kueo, pukuwai, pōteretere
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: gjennomvåt, søkkvåt
- Nynorsk: gjennomvåt, søkkvåt
- Portuguese: ensopado (pt), encharcado (pt)
- Russian: промо́кший наскво́зь (promókšij naskvózʹ)
- Scots: drookeet
- Spanish: empapado (es)
- Swedish: dyngsur (sv), plaskvåt (sv)
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