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doused

D d

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • /daʊs/
    • /daʊs/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • /daʊs/

Definition of doused word

  • noun doused Simple past tense and past participle of douse. 1

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Parts of speech for Doused

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

doused popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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Synonyms for doused

adjective doused

  • out — away from, or not in, the normal or usual place, position, state, etc.: out of alphabetical order; to go out to dinner.
  • aqueous — In chemistry, an aqueous solution or cream has water as its base.
  • hold water — a transparent, odorless, tasteless liquid, a compound of hydrogen and oxygen, H 2 O, freezing at 32°F or 0°C and boiling at 212°F or 100°C, that in a more or less impure state constitutes rain, oceans, lakes, rivers, etc.: it contains 11.188 percent hydrogen and 88.812 percent oxygen, by weight.
  • demode — out of fashion
  • watery — pertaining to or connected with water: watery Neptune.

Antonyms for doused

verb doused

  • dehydrated — (of organisms) deprived of vital water or moisture
  • dried — simple past tense and past participle of dry.

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