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drench

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of drench

1 to make wet

We were drenched by the sudden rainstorm.

Synonyms of drench

bathe, bedraggle, douse (also dowse), drown, soak, sop, souse, wash, water, water-soak, waterlog, wet, wet down

Words Related to drench

asperse, bedew, damp, dampen, drizzle, humidify, hydrate, mist, moisten, moisturize, shower, sprinkle

deluge, flood, hose (down), inundate, overflow

submerge, swamp

impregnate, saturate, steep

flush, irrigate, lave, rinse, slosh, sluice

dip, duck, dunk

rehydrate, rewash, rewet

Near Antonyms of drench

dewater, evaporate, freeze-dry

drip-dry, wring

Antonyms of drench

dehydrate, desiccate, dry, parch, scorch, sear

2 to wet thoroughly with liquid

When using the carpet shampooer, wet but do not drench the carpet.

Synonyms of drench

drown, impregnate, macerate, saturate, soak, sop, souse, steep

Words Related to drench

marinate, seethe

dip, immerse, inundate, submerge, swamp

bathe, douse (also dowse), hydrate, swill, wash, water

infiltrate, penetrate, permeate

damp, dampen, humidify, moisten

Near Antonyms of drench

dehydrate, desiccate, dry, parch, sear

drain, empty, void

Antonyms of drench

Synonym Discussion of drench

soak, saturate, drench, steep, impregnate mean to permeate or be permeated with a liquid. soak implies usually prolonged immersion as for softening or cleansing.

- soak the garment in soapy water

saturate implies a resulting effect of complete absorption until no more liquid can be held.

- a saturated sponge

drench implies a thorough wetting by something that pours down or is poured.

- clothes drenched by a cloudburst

steep suggests either the extraction of an essence (as of tea leaves) by the liquid or the imparting of a quality (such as a color) to the thing immersed.

- steep the tea for five minutes

impregnate implies a thorough interpenetration of one thing by another.

- a cake strongly impregnated with brandy

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