Synonyms of dunked

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adjective

as in dipped

Related Words

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

Dissimilar Words

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

dunked

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verb

past tense of dunk

as in immersed

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

dunking a doughnut in one's morning coffee

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of dunked

Verb

Later, she’s brought in a police car to a nearby pond, strapped to an excavator and dunked into the water as a crowd of anti-immigrant protestors cheer on the public execution. — Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 28 Sep. 2026

Love, born Darlene Wright in 1941, shuttled between Los Angeles and Texas and spent her first 15 years in church, dunked in gospel as much as Aretha or Ray Charles were. — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 19 Sep. 2026

Moisés Ballesteros dunked an RBI single into center for a 1-1 tie, advancing Grissom to third. — Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2026

Moisés Ballesteros dunked an RBI single into center for a 1-all tie, advancing Grissom to third. — ABC News, 25 Aug. 2026

Candiano said he was dunked five times in the first five minutes of his shift. — Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2026

The lawsuit alleges he was held by his legs and dunked headfirst in a bucket of cold water contaminated with human feces. — Cuyler Dunn, Kansas City Star, 29 July 2026

Come for all the doggie high jinks – thanks to a ton of animatronic animals and a John Hughes screenplay – and stay for Close getting dunked in a vat of molasses. — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 10 July 2026

In Rome, tourists dunked their arms and faces into the city’s famous fountains, while visitors at Milan Fashion Week hid under parasols. — Jessica Mekles, FOXNews.com, 23 June 2026