The little girl cried so much that her face was awash with tears.
Source: tatoeba (3332921)
Awash
//əˈwɒʃ//
Synonyms for "awash" (64 found)
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Related words (32)
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Synonyms
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1 entriesrelated to
4 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
16 translations across 11 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- مغسول بالأمواج adj (washed by the waves or tide)
Bulgarian
2 entries- залят adj (washed by the waves or tide)
- наводнен adj (washed by the waves or tide)
Danish
1 entries- overskyllet adj (washed by the waves or tide)
Dutch
2 entries- blank adj (washed by the waves or tide)
- overspoeld adj (washed by the waves or tide)
Finnish
2 entries- veden peitossa adj (washed by the waves or tide)
- vesirajassa adj (washed by the waves or tide)
German
1 entries- überschwemmt adj (washed by the waves or tide)
Hungarian
2 entries- elárasztott adj (washed by the waves or tide)
- vízzel elárasztott adj (washed by the waves or tide)
Italian
1 entries- inondato adj (washed by the waves or tide)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- overskyllet adj (washed by the waves or tide)
Russian
2 entries- заливаемый adj (washed by the waves or tide)
- покрытый adj (covered, overspread)
Spanish
1 entries- inundado adj (washed by the waves or tide)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
Algeria is awash with natural resources.
Source: tatoeba (9453774)
The election was awash with misinformation spread on Facebook.
Source: tatoeba (10615610)
The former rock is awash at low water […]
Source: wiktionary
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