Doused and Lit

Doused

Doused adjective - Containing, covered with, or thoroughly penetrated by water.

Lit is an antonym for doused.

Nearby Word: dousing

Lit

Lit adjective - Being on fire.
Usage example: some lighted torches lined the path to the shrine

Doused is an antonym for lit.

Both words in one sentence

  • Webcomic / Goblins It's also possible that certain effects like being doused in oil and lit on fire have been tweaked to be more realistic.
  • Video Game / Modern Warfare Shot at point-blank range by a .44 Magnum, tossed in a ditch, doused with gasoline, then lit on fire.
  • Most of these reactions were also present in the original two games, more so in Thief 2 than in Thief 1: guards would notice certain doors left open (but not all), certain important items missing, doused torches and gas lamps and rope arrows or lit flares left lying around.
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