Definition

1. Adjective:

   • Extremely wet; thoroughly soaked: Describes something that is completely saturated with liquid, often to the point of dripping.

2. Adverb:

   • To an extremely wet degree; very wetly: Used to modify a verb, indicating that an action results in or involves being thoroughly soaked.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:

  • After walking in the rain without an umbrella, my clothes were sopping.
  • She used a sopping sponge to wipe the counter.

• Adverb:

  • The rain came down sopping wet, drenching everyone in minutes.
  • He dropped the bread sopping into the soup.

Advanced Usage

• "sopping wet": A common collocation that intensifies the meaning of being wet. While "sopping" alone implies extreme wetness, this phrase is often used for emphasis.
  • We got caught in the storm and came home sopping wet.

Variants and Related Words

• Sop (verb): To soak up liquid; to drench.
  • He used bread to sop up the gravy.
• Soppy (adjective, chiefly British): Sentimentally emotional; also, very wet.
  • The film was a bit too soppy for my taste. (emotional)
  • The ground was soppy after the thaw. (wet)

Synonyms

• Soaking: Thoroughly wet.
• Drenched: Completely wet, typically by rain or water.
• Sodden: Heavy with moisture; saturated.

Antonyms

• Dry: Free from moisture or liquid.
• Parched: Dried out with heat; extremely dry.

Adverb

1. extremely wet
   • dripping wet
   • soaking wet