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Douse

🔄 Synonyms of "Douse"

10 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
plungeverb	(intransitive) To dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself.
sopnoun	A piece of solid food to be soaked in liquid food.
sousenoun	(transitive) To immerse in liquid; to steep or drench.
dipnoun	A lower section of a road or geological feature.
drenchverb	(transitive) To make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it; to saturate, to soak; also (archaic), to make (someone or something) completely wet by immersing in water or some other liquid; to soak, to steep.
put outverb	Taking offense; indignant.
dowsenoun	(intransitive) To use the dipping or divining rod, as in search of water, ore, etc.
dunknoun	(ambitransitive, basketball) To put the ball directly downward through the hoop while grabbing onto the rim with power.
ducknoun	An aquatic bird of the family Anatidae, having a flat bill and webbed feet.
soakverb	(intransitive) To be saturated with liquid by being immersed in it.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Douse"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
dowseverb	(intransitive) To use the dipping or divining rod, as in search of water, ore, etc.
plungeverb	(intransitive) To dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself.
dunkverb	(ambitransitive, basketball) To put the ball directly downward through the hoop while grabbing onto the rim with power.
soakverb	(intransitive) To be saturated with liquid by being immersed in it.
sopverb	(transitive) To steep or dip in any liquid.
duckverb	An aquatic bird of the family Anatidae, having a flat bill and webbed feet.
drenchverb	(transitive) To make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it; to saturate, to soak; also (archaic), to make (someone or something) completely wet by immersing in water or some other liquid; to soak, to steep.
dipverb	(transitive) To lower into a liquid.
souseverb	(transitive) To immerse in liquid; to steep or drench.
put outverb	(transitive) To blind (eyes).
quenchverb	(transitive) To satisfy, especially a literal or figurative thirst.
stifleverb	(transitive, also figuratively) To make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) to die by preventing breathing; to smother, to suffocate.
suffocateverb	(ergative) To suffer, or cause someone to suffer, from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body.
chokeverb	(intransitive) To be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe (for instance food or other objects that go down the wrong way, or fumes or particles in the air that cause the throat to constrict).
hitverb	(heading, physical) To strike.
extinguishverb	(transitive) To stop (fire, etc.) from burning; also, to stop (light, etc.) from shining; to put out, to quench.
turnverb	To make a non-linear physical movement.
snuffverb	To inhale through the nose.
quellverb	(transitive) To subdue, put down, or silence (someone or something); to force (someone) to submit.
shutdownnoun	The action of stopping operations; a closing, of a computer, business, event, etc.