wet
Meaning of wet
adjective
- covered or saturated with water or another liquid.
she followed, slipping on the wet rock
- showing a lack of forcefulness or strength of character; feeble.
they thought the cadets were a bit wet
- (of a country or region or of its legislation) allowing the free sale of alcoholic drink.
- cover or touch with liquid; moisten.
he wetted a finger and flicked through the pages
- liquid that makes something damp.
I could feel the wet of his tears
- a person lacking forcefulness or strength of character.
there are sorts who look like gangsters and sorts who look like wets
- a person opposed to the prohibition of alcohol.
Old English wǣt (adjective and noun), wǣtan (verb); related to water.
Information about wet
- The plural form of wet is: wets.
- Languages in which wet is used:
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Hyphenation of wet
wet
- It consists of 1 syllables and 3 chars.
- wet is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
wet synonyms
Meaning lactating:
Meaning besotted:
besotted, blotto, crocked, cockeyed, fuddled, loaded, pissed, pixilated, plastered, potty, slopped, sloshed, smashed, soaked, soused, sozzled, squiffy, stiff, tiddly, tiddley, tight, tipsy
Meaning moisture:
Meaning slightly wet:
Meaning make slightly wet:
Meaning (of a climate) rainy:
Meaning wet slightly:
Meaning wet thoroughly; soak:
Meaning holding as much water or moisture as can be absorbed; thoroughly soaked:
Meaning saturated with liquid; wet through:
Meaning very wet:
Meaning wet and soft:
Meaning saturated with or full of water:
Meaning characteristic of or resembling a marsh; waterlogged:
Meaning too wet and muddy to be easily walked on; marshy:
Meaning characteristic of or resembling a swamp:
Meaning very muddy or boggy:
Meaning tending to form clots; sticky:
Meaning lacking strength of character:
Meaning having or showing a lack of common sense or judgement; absurd and foolish:
Meaning lacking the power to perform physically demanding tasks; having little physical strength or energy:
Meaning lacking good sense or judgement; unwise:
Meaning having or showing no skill; clumsy:
Meaning not producing any significant or desired effect:
Meaning affected, over-refined, and ineffectual:
Meaning easy to mould, cut, compress, or fold; not hard or firm to the touch:
Meaning showing a lack of courage or confidence; easily frightened:
Meaning showing or suffering from nervousness or a lack of confidence:
Meaning lacking courage, vigour, or vivacity:
Meaning lacking courage:
Meaning weak and purposeless:
Meaning feeble and cowardly:
Meaning effeminate, weak, or cowardly:
Meaning arousing pity, especially through vulnerability or sadness:
Meaning weak, ineffectual, or sloppily sentimental:
Meaning weak and cowardly or unadventurous:
Meaning weak and cowardly or feeble:
Meaning containing or covered with many weeds:
Meaning cowardly:
Meaning silly; foolish:
Meaning increase the level of moisture in (air):
Meaning cover (an object or surface) with small drops or particles of a substance:
Meaning apply (liquid) to someone or something in the form of tiny drops:
Meaning make wet by splashing:
Meaning make or allow (something) to become thoroughly wet by immersing it in liquid:
Meaning cause (something) to become thoroughly soaked with water or other liquid so that no more can be absorbed:
Meaning saturate with water; make (something) waterlogged:
Meaning cover or submerge (an area) with water in a flood:
Meaning overwhelm with a flood:
Meaning pour a liquid over; drench:
Meaning soak in or drench with liquid:
Meaning pour or sprinkle water over (a plant or area) in order to encourage plant growth:
Meaning supply water to (land or crops) to help growth, typically by means of channels:
Meaning soak up liquid using an absorbent substance:
Meaning the state or condition of being covered or saturated with water or another liquid; dampness:
Meaning the state or condition of being slightly wet:
Meaning a substance that flows freely but is of constant volume, having a consistency like that of water or oil:
Meaning an ineffectual or cowardly person:
Meaning a very young child:
Meaning a person who is contemptibly lacking in the courage to do or endure dangerous or unpleasant things:
Meaning a small rodent that typically has a pointed snout, relatively large ears and eyes, and a long tail:
Meaning a weak and cowardly or unadventurous person:
Meaning a wild plant growing where it is not wanted and in competition with cultivated plants:
Meaning a small drop of a liquid:
Meaning a flake of snow, especially a feathery ice crystal, typically displaying delicate sixfold symmetry:
Meaning a person who is indecisive and lacks courage:
Meaning an effeminate or ineffectual man or boy:
Meaning a soft-hearted, weak, or sentimental person:
Meaning a free-swimming marine coelenterate with a gelatinous bell- or saucer-shaped body that is typically transparent and has stinging tentacles around the edge:
Meaning an effeminate, weak, or oversensitive man:
Meaning a small cake baked in a cup-shaped foil or paper container and typically iced:
Meaning a feeble or effeminate man:
Meaning a timid or feeble person:
Meaning a cat:
Meaning a female crab:
Meaning an utter coward:
wet antonyms
Meaning free from moisture or liquid; not wet or moist:
Meaning having the power to move heavy weights or perform other physically demanding tasks:
Meaning ready to face and endure danger or pain; showing courage:
Translation of wet
- German: feucht, nass, triefnass
- Spanish: mojado, húmedo
- French: mouillé, trempé, humide
- Portuguese: húmido, molhado
- Italian: bagnato, fradicio, zuppo, inzuppato, intriso, umido
Anagrams of wet
Words that rhyme with wet
bedwet, grondwet, bewet, Hewet, chewet, crewet, rewet, mugwet, triwet, swiwet, unwet, bowet, Winnecowet, siscowet, klowet, sislowet, browet, rowet, overwet
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