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Synonyms for drencher
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : drench |
| Phonetic Transcription : drɛntʃ |
Top 10 synonyms for drencher Other synonyms for the word drencher
- abundance
- alluvion
- bore
- bounty
- cat-and-dog weather
- cataract
- cloudburst
- condensation
- current
- drencher
- drift
- eager
- excess
- fall
- flurry
- flux
- freshet
- heavy dew
- inundation
- liquid sunshine
- mist
- monsoon
- multitude
- Niagara
- outgushing
- outpouring
- overflow
- overflowing
- overrunning
- plenty
- pour
- pouring
- precip
- precipitation
- profusion
- raindrops
- rainfall
- rainstorm
- rush
- sheets
- shower
- showers
- sleet
- spate
- spit
- sprinkle
- sprinkling
- storm
- stream
- sun shower
- superabundance
- superfluity
- surge
- surplus
- tide
- torrent
- torrential rain
- tsunami
- volley
- wave
- wet stuff
- window washer
Définition of drencher
Origin :- c.1200, "to submerge, drown," from Old English drencan "give drink to, ply with drink, make drunk; soak, saturate; submerge, drown," causative of drincan "to drink" (see drink), from Proto-Germanic *drankijan (cf. Old Norse drekkja, Swedish dränka, Dutch drenken, German tränken, Gothic dragkjan "to give to drink"). Sense of "to wet thoroughly by throwing liquid over" is from c.1550. Related: Drenched; drenching.
- As in rain : noun downpour of water or other substance
- As in deluge : noun downpour, flood of something
- As in downpour : noun tremendous pouring of rain
- As in flood : noun overwhelming flow, quantity
- There is the case of the Drencher which well illustrates this.
- Extract from : « King's Cutters and Smugglers 1700-1855 » by E. Keble Chatterton
- Mr. Mabie said that when it did come we'd likely get a drencher.
- Extract from : « The Outdoor Chums After Big Game » by Captain Quincy Allen
- It is going to be a drencher, and it is of no use our getting wet through to begin with.
- Extract from : « Condemned as a Nihilist » by George Alfred Henty
Antonyms for drencher
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