Meaning & use
sopping
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Extremely wet; thoroughly soaked, often to the point of dripping.
See it in a sentence
He came in from the storm sopping wet.
The towel was sopping after wiping up the spilled water.
A note on using this word
Sopping is most often used in the fixed phrase 'sopping wet' for emphasis.
Words with a similar meaning
drenchedsoaked
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Words with an opposite meaning
dryparched
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