douse - Similar and Opposite Words

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Verb

cover with liquid; pour liquid onto

Synonyms

• douse
• dowse
• drench
• soak
• sop
• souse

More generic

• wet

More specific

• bate
• bedraggle
• brine
• draggle
• flush
• ret
• sluice

Verb

slacken

Synonyms

• douse
• dowse

More generic

• remit
• slacken

Verb

lower quickly

Synonyms

• douse

More generic

• furl
• roll up

Verb

immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate

Synonyms

• dip
• douse
• dunk
• plunge
• souse

More generic

• immerse
• plunge

More specific

• dabble
• dip
• douse
• duck
• sop

Verb

dip into a liquid

Synonyms

• dip
• douse
• duck

More generic

• dip
• douse
• dunk
• plunge
• souse

Verb

wet thoroughly

Synonyms

• douse
• dowse

More generic

• wet

Verb

put out, as of a candle or a light

Synonyms

• douse
• put out

More generic

• blow out
• extinguish
• quench
• snuff out

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