Meaning & use
Drenched
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Completely soaked with liquid, especially water or sweat.
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She came in from the storm drenched from head to toe.
His shirt was drenched in sweat after the run.
A note on using this word
Comes from the verb 'drench', originally meaning to make someone drink a medicinal draught before it came to mean thoroughly wetting something.
Words with a similar meaning
soakedsaturated
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Words with an opposite meaning
dryparched
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