wet through

English

Adjective

wet through (comparative wetter through, superlative wettest through)

1. soaked, very wet (such that water gets through the clothes to reach the skin)

   If you stay out in the rain, you will get wet through.

Usage notes

• The comparative and superlative forms are very rare. More usually the forms very wet through and completely wet through are used.

Synonyms

• soaked to the skin

Verb

wet through (third-person singular simple present wets through, present participle wetting through, simple past and past participle wet through or wetted through)

1. To soak or drench thoroughly

References

• “wet through (or to the skin)”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.