Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to douse
Participle: doused
Gerund: dousing
Indicative
Present
| I | douse |
| you | douse |
| he;she;it | douses |
| we | douse |
| you | douse |
| they | douse |
Perfect
| I | have doused |
| you | have doused |
| he;she;it | has doused |
| we | have doused |
| you | have doused |
| they | have doused |
Past
| I | doused |
| you | doused |
| he;she;it | doused |
| we | doused |
| you | doused |
| they | doused |
Pluperfect
| I | had doused |
| you | had doused |
| he;she;it | had doused |
| we | had doused |
| you | had doused |
| they | had doused |
Future
| I | will douse |
| you | will douse |
| he;she;it | will douse |
| we | will douse |
| you | will douse |
| they | will douse |
Future Perfect
| I | will have doused |
| you | will have doused |
| he;she;it | will have doused |
| we | will have doused |
| you | will have doused |
| they | will have doused |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | douse |
| you | douse |
| he;she;it | douse |
| we | douse |
| you | douse |
| they | douse |
Perfect
| I | have doused |
| you | have doused |
| he;she;it | have doused |
| we | have doused |
| you | have doused |
| they | have doused |
Imperfect
| I | doused |
| you | doused |
| he;she;it | doused |
| we | doused |
| you | doused |
| they | doused |
Pluperfect
| I | had doused |
| you | had doused |
| he;she;it | had doused |
| we | had doused |
| you | had doused |
| they | had doused |
Conditional
Present
| I | would douse |
| you | would douse |
| he;she;it | would douse |
| we | would douse |
| you | would douse |
| they | would douse |
Perfect
| I | would have doused |
| you | would have doused |
| he;she;it | would have doused |
| we | would have doused |
| you | would have doused |
| they | would have doused |
Imperative
| you | douse |
| we | Let's douse |
| you | douse |
Verbs conjugated like 'douse'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'douse'
bouse,
dose,
doust,
dowse,
house,
louse,
mouse,
ouse,
rouse,
souse,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- drench
- immerse, splash, soak, flood, wet, submerge, saturate
- extinguish
- quench, splash
Antonyms
- to cause to begin burning; to start a [[fire]]
- extinguish, put out, quench, kindle
- extinguish
- ignite, enflame, light, kindle
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1559, "to strike, punch," which is probably from M.Du.
dossen "beat forcefully." Meaning "to strike a sail in haste" is recorded from 1627; that of "to extinguish (a light)" is from 1785; perhaps influenced by
dout (1526), an obsolete contraction of
do out (cf.
doff, don). OED regards the meaning "to throw water over" (1606) as a separate word, of unknown origin, though admitting there may be a connection of some sort.
2. Probably of North Germanic origin, related to Swedish dunsa (“to plumb down, fall clumsily”), Danish dunse (“to thump”). Compare Old English dwǣsċan (“to extinguish”) and douse below. See: Swedish '
dunsa', Danish '
dunse'.
Sample Sentences
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Set fire to your matches! / Douse them in gasoline! [2018, Jhariah Clare, “City of Ashes”, in The Great Tale of How I Ruined it All:]
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swing i' th'air, or douse in water [1662 (indicated as 1663), [Samuel Butler], “[The First Part of Hudibras]”, in Hudibras. The First and Second Parts. […], London: […] John Martyn and Henry Herringman, […], published 1678; republished in A[lfred] R[ayney] Waller, editor, Hudibras: Written in the Time of the Late Wars, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: University Press, 1905, →OCLC:]
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The man who doused the fire was told to put the remainder of the coal into the bucket and then give the bucket to the soldier. [1999, Arthur D. Jacobs, The Prison Called Hohenasperg:]
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Once you feel confident in your visualizations, you may douse the candle by blowing it out. [2012, Kelly Henderson, Your Mythic Spirit Guide: Spirituality for a Creative Life:]
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Now he rushed to the platform edge carrying a full fire bucket, in a forlorn attempt to douse the flames as the now brightly burning wagon rolled past. [2022 January 12, Benedict le Vay, “The heroes of Soham...”, in RAIL, number 948, page 42:]
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Trump made efforts to douse the flames with ever-shifting explanations, excuses and distractions but merely poured fuel on the fire. [2025 July 19, David Smith, “‘The ghost of Epstein is haunting Trump’s presidency’: inside the ‘Maga’ revolt”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:]