Synonyms of sousing

sousing

verb

present participle of souse

1

as in wetting

to make wet

a passing car barreled through the puddle and soused us good

Synonyms & Similar Words

• wetting
• drowning
• washing
• flooding
• drenching
• soaking
• rinsing
• bathing
• watering
• dousing
• sopping
• waterlogging
• flushing
• dowsing
• dipping
• wetting down
• sprinkling
• water-soaking
• bedraggling
• submerging
• damping
• splashing
• showering
• moistening
• soddening
• drizzling
• humidifying
• saturating
• deluging
• moisturizing
• hydrating
• inundating
• overflowing
• misting
• sluicing
• laving
• dampening
• swamping
• hosing (down)
• irrigating
• aspersing
• bedewing
• dunking
• sloshing
• ducking
• impregnating
• steeping
• rehydrating
• rewashing
• rewetting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• drying
• scorching
• searing
• parching
• evaporating
• dehydrating
• desiccating
• dewatering
• freeze-drying
• wringing
• dehumidifying
• drip-drying

2

as in dipping

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

repeatedly soused the tools in the tub to get the dirt off

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dipping
• immersing
• dunking
• drowning
• ducking
• submerging
• dousing
• wetting
• soaking
• sopping
• dowsing
• submersing
• bathing
• moistening
• plunging
• flooding
• drenching
• steeping
• thrusting
• diving

3

as in soaking

to wet thoroughly with liquid

firefighters soused the neighboring houses so that they wouldn't catch fire as well

Synonyms & Similar Words

• soaking
• drowning
• drenching
• saturating
• macerating
• dipping
• impregnating
• sopping
• washing
• immersing
• steeping
• submerging
• soddening
• marinating
• penetrating
• seething
• bathing
• watering
• water-soaking
• inundating
• waterlogging
• moistening
• swilling
• swamping
• dousing
• permeating
• infiltrating
• presoaking
• hydrating
• humidifying
• damping
• dowsing
• dampening

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• drying
• searing
• emptying
• wringing (out)
• draining
• dehydrating
• parching
• desiccating
• voiding
• dehumidifying