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Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'douse' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (verb) douse, put out
put out, as of a candle or a light
Synonyms: discommode, exsert, duck, anesthetise, bring out, issue, dowse, anaesthetize, stretch forth, inconvenience, dunk, anesthetize, extend, souse, retire, release, put under, stretch out, put out, bother, sop, soak, disoblige, incommode, smother, publish, drench, trouble, douse, hold out, plunge, dip, anaesthetise

2. (verb) douse, dowse
wet thoroughly
Synonyms: plunge, sop, souse, put out, dowse, duck, dip, douse, soak, dunk, drench

3. (verb) dip, douse, duck
dip into a liquid
Synonyms: parry, fudge, dim, hedge, dodge, dowse, dunk, skirt, duck, sink, put out, souse, sop, soak, circumvent, dip, put off, elude, drench, douse, evade, plunge, sidestep

4. (verb) dunk, dip, souse, plunge, douse
immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate
Synonyms: engulf, hit it up, dim, engross, dump, dowse, dive, dunk, duck, launch, sink, steep, immerse, souse, sop, soak, plunk, dip, put out, plunge, soak up, drench, douse, inebriate, absorb

5. (verb) douse
lower quickly
Synonyms: plunge, sop, souse, put out, dowse, duck, dip, soak, dunk, drench

6. (verb) douse, dowse
slacken
Synonyms: plunge, sop, souse, put out, dowse, duck, dip, douse, soak, dunk, drench

7. (verb) drench, douse, dowse, soak, sop, souse
cover with liquid; pour liquid onto
Synonyms: hock, fleece, imbue, plume, duck, inebriate, surcharge, hit it up, dowse, rob, dunk, hook, soak through, pluck, drench, put out, souse, sop, soak, dip, swamp, gazump, intoxicate, pawn, overcharge, douse, plunge, imbrue


Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'douse' English Synonyms and Antonyms 

1. douse
Dip is Saxon, while immerse is Latin for the same initial act; dip is accordingly the more popular and commonplace, immerse the more elegant and dignified expression in many cases. To speak o
Synonyms: immerse, bury, dip, douse, duck, immerge, plunge, sink, submerge


'douse' - Nearby Entries  

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