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Antonyms for douse

Grammar : Verb
Spell : dous
Phonetic Transcription : daÊŠs

Definition of douse

Origin :
  • 1550s, "to strike, punch," which is perhaps from Middle Dutch dossen "beat forcefully" or a similar Low German word.
  • Meaning "to strike a sail in haste" is recorded from 1620s; that of "to extinguish (a light)" is from 1785; perhaps influenced by dout (1520s), an obsolete contraction of do out (cf. doff, don). OED regards the meaning "to plunge into water, to throw water over" (c.1600) as a separate word, of unknown origin, though admitting there may be a connection of some sort. Related: Doused; dousing.
  • verb drench, extinguish with liquid
Example sentences :
  • Jack was about to douse the light, but Hemming told him to let it burn on.
  • Extract from : « The Three Midshipmen » by W.H.G. Kingston
  • I mind a sentence in it that must have been a douse of cauld watter—toch!
  • Extract from : « The Dop Doctor » by Clotilde Inez Mary Graves
  • If I could only lay in a crick—roll in it—douse my face in it—soak my clothes in it!
  • Extract from : « 'Me-Smith' » by Caroline Lockhart
  • Douse your glim, mate; we'll be having them Zeppelins all over us.
  • Extract from : « Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, October 7, 1914 » by Various
  • Douse my to'-gallant top-lights but we'll have a skirmish now sure.
  • Extract from : « Frank on the Lower Mississippi » by Harry Castlemon
  • It was in payment of the fees in the great case of Parsons and Douse and some other matters.
  • Extract from : « Beatrice » by H. Rider Haggard
  • Let us be shocked; it is a wholesome shock, like the douse of the sea, or the buffet of the wind.
  • Extract from : « Whitman » by John Burroughs
  • My mind was too much occupied by the "Dead Man's Douse" for that.
  • Extract from : « Down the Yellowstone » by Lewis R. Freeman
  • It was a hells-bells-jingler of a rapid, that one above the "Douse."
  • Extract from : « Down the Yellowstone » by Lewis R. Freeman
  • But aren't you going to see me through the Dead Man's Douse?
  • Extract from : « Down the Yellowstone » by Lewis R. Freeman

Synonyms for douse

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