Synonyms of dousing

dousing 1 of 2

verb (1)

present participle of douse

as in removing

to rid oneself of (a garment)

in those days a gentleman would douse his hat when going indoors

Synonyms & Similar Words

• removing
• peeling (off)
• doffing
• stripping
• shedding
• putting off
• taking off
• shrugging off
• kicking (off)
• undressing
• husking
• disrobing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• donning
• throwing (on)
• slipping (into)
• wearing
• putting on
• clothing
• dressing
• rigging
• robing
• arraying
• suiting
• garbing
• attiring
• apparelling
• bedecking
• appareling

dousing

2 of 2

verb (2)

variants also dowsing

present participle of douse

1

as in extinguishing

to cause to cease burning

douse the campfire before leaving in the morning

Synonyms & Similar Words

• extinguishing
• quenching
• choking
• blanketing
• smothering
• putting out
• suffocating
• snuffing (out)
• blowing out
• stamping (out)
• stubbing
• snubbing (out)
• rubbing out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• igniting
• lighting
• firing
• kindling
• inflaming
• enflaming

2

as in drowning

to make wet

the heavy rains thoroughly doused the tourists strolling the town streets

Synonyms & Similar Words

• drowning
• washing
• wetting
• drenching
• flooding
• bathing
• soaking
• watering
• sopping
• damping
• waterlogging
• wetting down
• hydrating
• showering
• sousing
• swamping
• sprinkling
• moistening
• submerging
• water-soaking
• misting
• flushing
• saturating
• inundating
• drizzling
• bedraggling
• soddening
• deluging
• moisturizing
• rinsing
• dampening
• humidifying
• impregnating
• splashing
• overflowing
• irrigating
• dunking
• sluicing
• laving
• sloshing
• hosing (down)
• steeping
• aspersing
• bedewing
• dipping
• rehydrating
• ducking
• rewetting
• rewashing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• drying
• scorching
• searing
• dehydrating
• parching
• evaporating
• desiccating
• dewatering
• wringing
• freeze-drying
• dehumidifying
• drip-drying

3

as in dipping

to sink or push (something) briefly into or as if into a liquid

douse the grapes in water to remove any grit

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dipping
• soaking
• immersing
• dunking
• submerging
• ducking
• wetting
• submersing
• sopping
• drowning
• sousing
• moistening
• flooding
• drenching
• bathing
• steeping
• plunging
• thrusting
• diving