dousing
Definitions
Noun
- The act of wetting something by submerging it
Verb
- Put out, as of a candle or a light
- Wet thoroughly
- Dip into a liquid
- Immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate
- Lower quickly
- Slacken
- Cover with liquid; pour liquid onto
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Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "dousing".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | during | 2 | 585 |
| 2 | dealing | 2 | 43 |
| 3 | drawing | 2 | 40 |
| 4 | drying | 2 | 29 |
| 5 | dining | 2 | 28 |
| 6 | daring | 2 | 12 |
| 7 | digging | 2 | 7 |
| 8 | diving | 2 | 5 |
| 9 | editing | 3 | 5 |
| 10 | dashing | 2 | 4 |
| 11 | dating | 2 | 4 |
| 12 | doubting | 2 | 3 |
| 13 | dozing | 2 | 3 |
| 14 | ducking | 2 | 3 |
| 15 | dabbing | 2 | 2 |
| 16 | dawning | 2 | 2 |
| 17 | decking | 2 | 2 |
| 18 | dodging | 2 | 2 |
| 19 | doting | 2 | 2 |
| 20 | dotting | 2 | 2 |
| 21 | dueling | 2 | 2 |
| 22 | idling | 3 | 2 |
| 23 | auditing | 3 | 1 |
| 24 | damning | 2 | 1 |
| 25 | dipping | 2 | 1 |
| 26 | doffing | 2 | 1 |
| 27 | donning | 2 | 1 |
| 28 | downing | 2 | 1 |
| 29 | adoring | 3 | 0 |
| 30 | damming | 2 | 0 |
| 31 | dearing | 2 | 0 |
| 32 | deering | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | deigning | 2 | 0 |
| 34 | delling | 2 | 0 |
| 35 | deming | 2 | 0 |
| 36 | demming | 2 | 0 |
| 37 | denning | 2 | 0 |
| 38 | dering | 2 | 0 |
| 39 | derring | 2 | 0 |
| 40 | dicing | 2 | 0 |
| 41 | diesing | 2 | 0 |
| 42 | dilling | 2 | 0 |
| 43 | diming | 2 | 0 |
| 44 | dimming | 2 | 0 |
| 45 | dinning | 2 | 0 |
| 46 | dishing | 2 | 0 |
| 47 | dissing | 2 | 0 |
| 48 | ditching | 2 | 0 |
| 49 | docking | 2 | 0 |
| 50 | doehring | 2 | 0 |
| 51 | doering | 3 | 0 |
| 52 | dogging | 2 | 0 |
| 53 | doling | 2 | 0 |
| 54 | domingue | 2 | 0 |
| 55 | dooling | 2 | 0 |
| 56 | dooming | 2 | 0 |
| 57 | doring | 2 | 0 |
| 58 | dosing | 2 | 0 |
| 59 | dowding | 2 | 0 |
| 60 | dowling | 2 | 0 |
| 61 | dowsing | 2 | 0 |
| 62 | dubbing | 2 | 0 |
| 63 | dudding | 2 | 0 |
| 64 | duesing | 2 | 0 |
| 65 | duking | 2 | 0 |
| 66 | dulling | 2 | 0 |
| 67 | dumbing | 2 | 0 |
| 68 | dunning | 2 | 0 |
| 69 | durling | 2 | 0 |
| 70 | durning | 2 | 0 |
| 71 | dusing | 2 | 0 |
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "dousing".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | doing | 2 | 163 |
| 2 | using | 2 | 145 |
| 3 | housing | 2 | 59 |
| 4 | rousing | 2 | 8 |
| 5 | doubling | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | dusting | 2 | 6 |
| 7 | focusing | 3 | 6 |
| 8 | doubting | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | arousing | 3 | 3 |
| 10 | ousting | 2 | 1 |
| 11 | coursing | 2 | 1 |
| 12 | dusing | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | dosing | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | duesing | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | dowsing | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | jousting | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | housings | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | grousing | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | duensing | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | defusing | 3 | 0 |
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Words that often follow the term "dousing" in a sentence.
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Words that often precede the term "dousing" in a sentence.
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Words that are statistically associated with "dousing" in the same piece of text.
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Results:
Term
Definitions: 8
Fragments: 1
Sound Alikes: 71
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 0
Consonant Matches: 4
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
📰 This Word in the News:
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Journalist doused with pepper spray by federal officers in Minnesota
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Jan 24, 2026 U.S. Press Freedom Tracker

