DOUSED Synonyms

• a liquid (as water) that flows in drops (as from the eaves of house)

• the sound of a liquid falling drop by drop

• extremely wet

• covered with water

• being the most concentrated solution possible at a given temperature; unable to dissolve still more of a substance

• used especially of organic compounds; having all available valence bonds filled

• (of color) being chromatically pure; not diluted with white or grey or black

• very drunk

• wet through and through; thoroughly wet

• extremely wet

• wet through and through; thoroughly wet

• effusively or insincerely emotional

• clean by virtue of having been washed in water

• wet as from washing; sometimes used in combination

• (of soil) soft and watery

• covered or soaked with a liquid such as water

• containing moisture or volatile components

• supporting or permitting the legal production and sale of alcoholic beverages

• producing or secreting milk

• wetness caused by water

• consisting of or trading in alcoholic liquor

• very drunk

• cause to become wet

• make one's bed or clothes wet by urinating

• the act of swimming for pleasure or recreation

• cleanse the entire body

• suffuse or envelope with something

• swim for pleasure or recreation

• cover completely or make imperceptible

• get rid of as if by submerging

• die from being submerged in water, getting water into the lungs, and asphyxiating

• kill by submerging in water

• be covered with or submerged in a liquid

• be in danger of dying from submersion in a liquid and asphyxiation

• overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli

• charge someone with too many tasks

• cover completely or make imperceptible

• overcome by superior force

• having a sharp inclination

• a steep place (as on a hill)

• greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation

• of a slope; set at a high angle

• devote (oneself) fully to

• let sit in a liquid to extract a flavor or to cleanse

• cause to spread or flush or flood through, over, or across

• to become overspread as with a fluid, a colour, a gleam of light

• low land that is seasonally flooded; has more woody plants than a marsh and better drainage than a bog

• a situation fraught with difficulties and imponderables

• drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged

• fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid

• searching for underground water or minerals by using a dowsing rod

• wet thoroughly

• use a divining rod in search of underground water or metal

• slacken

• cover with liquid; pour liquid onto

• a depression in an otherwise level surface

• (physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon

• a thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places

• tasty mixture or liquid into which bite-sized foods are dipped

• a brief immersion

• a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity

• a candle that is made by repeated dipping in a pool of wax or tallow

• a brief swim in water

• a gymnastic exercise on the parallel bars in which the body is lowered and raised by bending and straightening the arms

• immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate

• dip into a liquid while eating

• go down momentarily

• stain an object by immersing it in a liquid

• take a small amount from

• switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam

• lower briefly

• appear to move downward

• slope downwards

• dip into a liquid

• place (candle wicks) into hot, liquid wax

• immerse in a disinfectant solution

• plunge (one's hand or a receptacle) into a container

• scoop up by plunging one's hand or a ladle below the surface

• drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged

• force to drink

• permeate or impregnate

• cover with liquid; pour liquid onto