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past participle of douse.
past tense form of douse.

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doused

ADJECTIVE

dipped

Synonyms

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soaked

STRONG

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exterminated extinguished fallen gone inactive late lifeless lost no longer known outmoded passed on passé snuffed out superseded terminated unknown vanished vanquished void wiped-out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

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alive existing extant living

ADJECTIVE

out

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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

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For one, the dock occasionally disappeared when I opened a full-screen Chrome tab in laptop mode, and it didn’t pop up when I moused around the bottom of the screen.

From The Verge • Aug. 31, 2022

I have moused and clicked through a few, mostly ones I could watch without covering the screen whenever the children walked by.

From New York Times • Apr. 16, 2020

Jamie videoed her dance routine and then they ran it in slow motion and moused it into shape, speeding up moves or slowing them down, repositioning legs, arms and head.

From Nature • Mar. 17, 2015

I moused over his photo gallery and started clicking through.

From Slate • Jan. 31, 2013

One of those omniscient and aweinspiring marvels, a detective, came up from St. Louis, moused around, shook his head, looked wise, and made that sort of astounding success which members of that craft usually achieve.

From The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Part 6. by Twain, Mark

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