wet
/wet/
adjective
- covered or saturated with water or another liquid."she followed, slipping on the wet rock"synonyms: damp, dampened, moist, moistened, soaked, drenched, saturated, wet through, sopping/dripping/wringing wet, sopping, dripping, soggy, waterlogged, squelchy, marshy, boggy, swampy, miry, claggy
- showing a lack of forcefulness or strength of character; feeble."they thought the cadets were a bit wet"synonyms: feeble, silly, weak, foolish, inept, ineffective, ineffectual, effete, soft, namby-pamby, timid, timorous, spiritless, cowardly, spineless, sissy, sissified, pathetic, drippy, wimpish, wimpy, weedy, chicken, yellow-bellied, daft
- (of a country or region or of its legislation) allowing the sale of alcoholic beverages.
verb
cover or touch with liquid; moisten.
"he wet a finger and flicked through the pages"
synonyms: dampen, damp, moisten, humidify, sprinkle, spray, splash, soak, saturate, waterlog, flood, deluge, douse, souse, drench, hose down, water, irrigate, ret, drouk, sop
noun
- liquid that makes something damp."I could feel the wet of his tears"synonyms: wetness, damp, dampness, moisture, moistness, clamminess, sogginess, wateriness, water, liquid
- a person lacking forcefulness or strength of character."there are sorts who look like gangsters and sorts who look like wets"synonyms: weakling, namby-pamby, baby, coward, mouse, wimp, weed, drip, snowflake, mama's boy, milksop, mollycoddle, sissy, softie, jellyfish, chicken, yellow-belly, fraidy-cat, scaredy-cat, big girl's blouse, jessie, candy-ass, cupcake, pantywaist, milquetoast, pussy, sook, poltroon
- a person opposed to the prohibition of alcoholic beverages.
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Suffused or covered with blood; dripping or oozing with blood. (Only of wounds, or with explicit mention of blood.).
used to describe someone who has a weak character and does not express any forceful opinions: Don't be so wet.
Synonyms for WET: dripping, saturated, washed, bathed, saturate, soaked, flooded, soaking; Antonyms of WET: dry, arid, waterless, unwatered, bone-dry, ...
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