Synonyms of doused

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adjective

variants also dowsed

as in soaked

containing, covered with, or thoroughly penetrated by water

shook the water out of her thoroughly doused hair

Synonyms & Similar Words

• soaked
• bathed
• dripping
• soaking
• washed
• wet
• drenched
• saturated
• watered
• sodden
• drowned
• soggy
• sopping
• awash
• logged
• waterlogged
• flushed
• flooded
• saturate
• soused
• water-soaked
• bedraggled
• moist
• splashed
• submerged
• soppy
• dipped
• overflowed
• watery
• rinsed
• hydrated
• humid
• inundated
• damp
• deluged
• steeped
• irrigated
• aqueous
• dunked
• swamped
• clammy
• sluiced
• dank
• boggy
• laved
• squashy
• sloppy
• dampish
• miry
• seepy
• wettish
• semimoist

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dry
• arid
• unwatered
• waterless
• bone-dry
• baked
• waterproof
• watertight
• dehydrated
• water-resistant
• water-repellent
• hyperarid
• parched
• thirsty
• wrung
• sunbaked
• sear
• ultradry
• droughty
• sere
• freeze-dried

doused

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verb (1)

past tense of douse

as in removed

to rid oneself of (a garment)

in those days a gentleman would douse his hat when going indoors

Synonyms & Similar Words

• removed
• doffed
• stripped
• peeled (off)
• shed
• put off
• shrugged off
• kicked (off)
• took off
• undressed
• husked
• disrobed
• stript

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• donned
• threw (on)
• put on
• slipped (into)
• wore
• dressed
• suited
• clothed
• clad
• garbed
• attired
• arrayed
• rigged
• robed
• bedecked
• apparelled
• appareled

doused

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verb (2)

variants also dowsed

past tense of douse

1

as in extinguished

to cause to cease burning

douse the campfire before leaving in the morning

Synonyms & Similar Words

• extinguished
• quenched
• blanketed
• choked
• smothered
• put out
• snuffed (out)
• suffocated
• blew out
• stamped (out)
• stubbed
• snubbed (out)
• rubbed out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• lit
• fired
• lighted
• ignited
• kindled
• inflamed
• enflamed

2

as in drowned

to make wet

the heavy rains thoroughly doused the tourists strolling the town streets

Synonyms & Similar Words

• drowned
• washed
• bathed
• flooded
• wetted
• soaked
• drenched
• watered
• wet
• damped
• waterlogged
• bedraggled
• sopped
• showered
• water-soaked
• soused
• sprinkled
• hydrated
• swamped
• moistened
• wetted down
• drizzled
• submerged
• misted
• flushed
• inundated
• saturated
• deluged
• soddened
• wet down
• impregnated
• dampened
• overflowed
• splashed
• rinsed
• steeped
• humidified
• dunked
• bedewed
• irrigated
• sluiced
• sloshed
• laved
• dipped
• hosed (down)
• aspersed
• ducked
• moisturized
• rehydrated
• rewetted
• rewashed
• rewet

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dried
• scorched
• seared
• parched
• evaporated
• dehydrated
• desiccated
• dewatered
• freeze-dried
• wrung
• drip-dried
• dehumidified

3

as in dipped

to sink or push (something) briefly into or as if into a liquid

douse the grapes in water to remove any grit

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dipped
• soaked
• immersed
• dunked
• submerged
• ducked
• wetted
• drowned
• bathed
• flooded
• sopped
• submersed
• soused
• moistened
• steeped
• wet
• drenched
• plunged
• thrust
• dived
• dove