Synonyms of douses

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noun

plural of douse, British

as in blows

a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument

those soccer hooligans need a sound douse or two from a police officer's club

Synonyms & Similar Words

• blows
• slaps
• thumps
• swipes
• whacks
• knocks
• smacks
• punches
• hits
• thuds
• spanks
• pokes
• strokes
• licks
• slams
• pounds
• beats
• claps
• bangs
• swats
• plumps
• hooks
• switches
• kicks
• whaps
• bashes
• smashes
• clips
• thwacks
• whams
• biffs
• chops
• wallops
• socks
• whops
• bops
• clouts
• lashes
• pelts
• belts
• raps
• dabs
• hands
• cuffs
• fillips
• haymakers
• slugs
• welts
• stripes
• bats
• picks
• buffets
• hacks
• stingers
• knees
• swings
• lickings
• cracks
• boxes
• busts
• larrups
• whips
• shivers
• counters
• beatings
• counterpunches
• counter-blows
• counterblows
• counter-strokes
• sucker punches
• counterstrokes
• lefts
• body blows
• rabbit punches
• roundhouses
• uppercuts
• batterings
• rights
• thrashings
• KOs
• whippings
• sidewinders
• drubbings
• kayos
• knockdowns
• crunchers
• right-handers
• pastings
• bastinadoes
• bastinades
• one-twos
• wallopings
• knockouts

douses

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verb (1)

present tense third-person singular of douse

as in removes

to rid oneself of (a garment)

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• removes
• doffs
• peels (off)
• sheds
• shrugs off
• puts off
• takes off
• strips
• undresses
• husks
• kicks (off)
• disrobes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dons
• wears
• throws (on)
• slips (into)
• puts on
• clothes
• suits
• dresses
• rigs
• arrays
• bedecks
• robes
• garbs
• attires
• apparels

douses

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verb (2)

variants also dowses

present tense third-person singular of douse

1

as in extinguishes

to cause to cease burning

douse the campfire before leaving in the morning

Synonyms & Similar Words

• extinguishes
• quenches
• blankets
• chokes
• smothers
• suffocates
• snuffs (out)
• puts out
• blows out
• stamps (out)
• stubs
• snubs (out)
• rubs out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ignites
• fires
• lights
• kindles
• inflames
• enflames

2

as in drowns

to make wet

the heavy rains thoroughly doused the tourists strolling the town streets

Synonyms & Similar Words

• drowns
• washes
• bathes
• drenches
• wets
• soaks
• floods
• waters
• damps
• water-soaks
• hydrates
• submerges
• moistens
• sops
• inundates
• wets down
• waterlogs
• showers
• saturates
• souses
• dampens
• drizzles
• soddens
• swamps
• flushes
• sprinkles
• impregnates
• bedraggles
• moisturizes
• deluges
• humidifies
• overflows
• bedews
• mists
• irrigates
• rinses
• sloshes
• splashes
• asperses
• hoses (down)
• laves
• rehydrates
• dunks
• steeps
• sluices
• dips
• ducks
• rewets
• rewashes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dries
• scorches
• sears
• evaporates
• dehydrates
• desiccates
• parches
• wrings
• dewaters
• freeze-dries
• dehumidifies
• drip-dries

3

as in dips

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

• dips
• soaks
• immerses
• submerges
• dunks
• moistens
• wets
• ducks
• drowns
• bathes
• submerses
• drenches
• plunges
• souses
• sops
• floods
• steeps
• thrusts
• dives