Synonyms of dousing

dousing 1 of 2

verb (1)

present participle of douse

as in removing

to rid oneself of (a garment)

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• removing
• peeling (off)
• doffing
• stripping
• shedding
• putting off
• taking off
• shrugging off
• kicking (off)
• undressing
• husking
• disrobing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• donning
• throwing (on)
• slipping (into)
• wearing
• putting on
• clothing
• dressing
• rigging
• arraying
• suiting
• robing
• garbing
• attiring
• bedecking
• appareling

dousing

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verb (2)

variants also dowsing

present participle of douse

1

as in extinguishing

to cause to cease burning

douse the campfire before leaving in the morning

Synonyms & Similar Words

• extinguishing
• quenching
• blanketing
• smothering
• choking
• putting out
• suffocating
• snuffing (out)
• blowing out
• stamping (out)
• stubbing
• snubbing (out)
• rubbing out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• firing
• lighting
• igniting
• kindling
• inflaming

2

as in wetting

to make wet

the heavy rains thoroughly doused the tourists strolling the town streets

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

3

as in dipping

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

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of dousing

Verb

McGill was convicted of murder after dousing a couple in gasoline and lighting them on fire in 2002. —Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 14 May 2026

After initially dousing the fire between the theater’s fourth and fifth floors, firefighters found additional pockets of flames between the fifth and eights floors, with the fire finally brought fully under control a little after noon, officials said. —Roni Jacobson, New York Daily News, 4 May 2026

The clip sparked debate online, though additional footage suggested Jordan may have been brushing ice or liquid off the child following a celebratory dousing. —Ryan Brennan april 22, Kansas City Star, 22 Apr. 2026

The film was shot on location in Italy, dousing the viewer in a delicious moving pageantry of pasta and focaccia sandwiches. —Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 9 Apr. 2026

Police accused Arianna Skye Foster, his 21-year-old girlfriend of spitting at a driver, dousing another with pepper spray and throwing rocks and pieces of brick at vehicles, according to documents. —Ray Stern, AZCentral.com, 25 Mar. 2026

At Prabal Gurung’s fall-winter 2026 show, artists painted models’ lips a fiery red before dousing them in chunky glitter. —Jessica Fields, Allure, 24 Mar. 2026

What's happening is the jet stream — which moves weather systems from west to east — is pretty much stuck as far westward as the storms dousing Hawaii, where people are seeing torrential rains and flooding, Masters and Gallina said. —ABC News, 23 Mar. 2026

Once the final buzzer sounded, Adebayo’s Heat teammates celebrated his achievement by dousing him with their water bottles. —Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 11 Mar. 2026