Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Soaking wet / drenched: Completely wet, typically to the point where water saturates the object or person, often implying a state of being uncomfortably or thoroughly wet.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Sau trận mưa, quần áo tôi ướt đầm. (After the rain, my clothes were soaking wet.)
  • Đứa trẻ ngã xuống hồ và lên bờ với bộ dạng ướt đầm. (The child fell into the pond and came ashore drenched.)

Advanced Usage

• The term "ướt đầm" is often used for emphasis, describing a more extreme state of wetness than just "ướt" (wet). It can describe people, clothing, or objects.

Variants and Related Words

• Ướt (adj): wet.

  • Cái khăn này vẫn còn ướt. (This towel is still wet.)

• Ướt sũng (adj): sopping wet, soaked through.

  • Đôi giày ướt sũng sau khi đi dưới mưa. (The shoes were sopping wet after walking in the rain.)

Synonyms

• Soaked: thoroughly wet.
• Drenched: wet through and through.
• Sodden: heavy with water; soaked.

Related Idioms

• Ướt như chuột lột: (lit. wet like a skinned mouse) - soaking wet, drenched to the bone.
  • Về đến nhà, nó ướt như chuột lột. (Arriving home, he was drenched to the bone.)