wettest

ADJECTIVE

damp, moist

Synonyms

STRONGEST

dank foggy humid misty muggy rainy slippery snowy soaked sodden soggy stormy

STRONG

drenched dripping drizzling moistened pouring raining saturate saturated soaking sopping soused teeming

WEAK

aqueous clammy dewy showery slimy slushy soppy teary water-logged watery wringing-wet

Antonyms

STRONGEST

arid clear dry

WEAK

dehydrated

Example Sentences

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That came shortly after one of the UK's wettest winters on record in 2023-24, which triggered widespread flooding.

From BBC • May 19, 2026

At the moment it looks like the wettest of the conditions will be across northern and western parts of the UK with drier conditions further south and east.

From BBC • May 13, 2026

The mayor of Juiz de Fora, Margarida Salomao, said the municipality had experienced its wettest February on record.

From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026

Locals say no rain has fallen on Lallays, around 45 minutes' drive from the capital Hargeisa, since last June or July -- even though this is traditionally the wettest part of Somaliland.

From Barron's • Feb. 23, 2026

Their adventures began chiefly because it was one of the wettest and coldest summers there had been for years.

From "The Magician's Nephew" by C. S. Lewis