dripping
adjective [after verb] /ˈdrɪp.ɪŋ/Definition
› very wet: It's raining really hard - I'm absolutely dripping (wet). Jim had just been on a run and was dripping with sweat.Wet weather and wetness
(Definition of dripping adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- bedraggled adjective
- dank adjective
- dowse verb (MAKE WET)
- drench verb
- flooded adjective (WATER)
- look like a drowned rat idiom
- moisten verb
- monsoon noun
- rainy adjective
- rehydration noun
- showery adjective
- soak verb
- soaked adjective
- soaking adjective
- sopping adjective
- spongy adjective
- sweat verb
- waterlogged adjective
- wet adjective (NOT DRY)
- wet verb
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