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doused

adjective

variants: also dowsed

Synonyms and Antonyms of doused

containing, covered with, or thoroughly penetrated by water

shook the water out of her thoroughly doused hair

Synonyms of doused

awash, bathed, bedraggled, drenched, dripping, logged, saturate, saturated, soaked, soaking, sodden, soggy, sopping, soppy, soused, washed, water-soaked, watered, waterlogged, watery, wet

Words Related to doused

deluged, drowned, flooded, inundated, overflowed

submerged, swamped

dipped, dunked, splashed

flushed, irrigated, laved, rinsed, sluiced

clammy, damp, dampish, dank, humid, moist, semimoist, wettish

boggy, miry, seepy, sloppy, squashy

Near Antonyms of doused

bone-dry, hyperarid, ultradry

waterproof, water-repellent, water-resistant, watertight

baked, dehydrated, freeze-dried

droughty, parched, sere (also sear), sunbaked, thirsty

Antonyms of doused

arid, dry, unwatered, waterless

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