Showing Results for "doused"

doused

ADJECTIVE

dipped

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soaked

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bathed coated covered drenched dunked plunged soused steeped wet

ADJECTIVE

extinct

Synonyms

WEAK

abolished archaic asleep bygone cold dead and gone deceased defunct departed disappeared done for ended exanimate exterminated extinguished fallen gone inactive late lifeless lost no longer known outmoded passed on passé snuffed out superseded terminated unknown vanished vanquished void wiped-out

Antonyms

WEAK

alive existing extant living

ADJECTIVE

out

Synonyms

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away outside

STRONG

absent antiquated cold dated dead ended exhausted expired extinguished finished impossible outmoded

WEAK

at an end behind the times démodé not allowed not on old-fashioned old-hat passé ruled out unacceptable unfashionable used-up

Antonyms

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animated existing incomplete interested modern new saved stored unfinished warm

WEAK

here possible

ADJECTIVE

watered

Synonyms

STRONG

bathed drenched flooded hosed irrigated quenched showered sprayed sprinkled washed wet wetted

Antonyms

WEAK

dry thirsty

ADJECTIVE

watery

Synonyms

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colorless damp moist runny

WEAK

adulterated anemic aqueous bloodless dilute flavorless fluid humid insipid marshy pale serous sodden soggy tasteless thin washed water-logged watered-down waterlike weak wet

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dry

WEAK

concentrated dehydrated solid

Example Sentences

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They formed a line around the building to be doused with holy water by the parish priest.

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026

You’re going to want to consume a lot of instant ramen doused with soy sauce so the sodium gives you moonface, hiding any hint of a zygomatic arch.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

In December however the US Food and Drug Administration doused hopes for its tolebrutinib drug by refusing to approve it for a form of multiple sclerosis.

From Barron's • Feb. 12, 2026

I yanked the pin and doused her flaming underwear drawers with a heavy dose of CO2.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 31, 2025

Firemen doused the area with water, and amid the steaming smoke everyone began clawing the rubble away.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

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