RINSED Synonyms: 83 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

as in irrigated

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verb

past tense of rinse

as in washed

to pour liquid over or through in order to cleanse rinse that shirt immediately, or the paint will set

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Dried beans need to be rinsed and soaked before cooking. — Carrie Madormo, Verywell Health, 16 June 2026 It’s made of all-weather plastic that can be rinsed to clean and won’t fade in the sun. — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 4 June 2026 Ensure petals are thoroughly rinsed before use. — Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Martha Stewart, 27 June 2026 Scallops should not be rinsed to avoid excess moisture, which can affect texture and flavor. — Heather Riske, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 June 2026 Fresh marigold leaves were rinsed, chopped, crushed, centrifuged, filtered, and evaporated. — Lee Wallender, The Spruce, 6 July 2026 And a pig like me would have picked Bing’s face up off the dirt, rinsed it in cold water from his canteen, and felt the skin flex in the palm of his hand. — Will MacKin, New Yorker, 28 June 2026 The chlorine is rinsed off before packaging and is considered safe by food safety standards. — Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 6 July 2026 Once the larvae were done chowing down, the skeletons were removed from the containers and rinsed with warm water to remove any residual larvae or tissue. — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 1 July 2026

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Adjective

According to a post on the Douglas County website, the fireworks will be launched from an irrigated bluegrass field with members of the Douglas County Sheriff's Office and South Metro Fire Rescue monitoring the site throughout the event.

— Jennifer McRae, CBS News, 1 July 2026
But growing anything is considered a beneficial use as long as it’s planted, irrigated and not a native species or noxious weed.

— Emily Cureton Cook, ProPublica, 26 June 2026

Definition of irrigated

Verb

Thousands of dead Cassin's auklets washed onto beaches across the Pacific Northwest during the same period, another indication that warming ocean conditions had rippled through the ecosystem.

— Brandi D. Addison, USA Today, 2 July 2026
These alternatives may also be a better solution for some items that can't be washed with liquid fabric softener.

— Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 2 July 2026

Definition of washed

Adjective

Ironically, though, her flushed and rosy cheeks were created with two shades of the Beauty Pie Supercheek Cream Blush — one of which was in her iconic color palette, while the other was actually — gasp!

— Alyssa Grabinski, PEOPLE, 30 June 2026
At Marin’s home, McNulty allegedly used his credit cards, changed the locks while he was hospitalized and flushed cloth napkins down the toilet, clogging the pipes, Vanity Fair reported.

— Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 14 June 2026

Definition of flushed

Verb

Through the risk of lightning, sticky humidity and a winding line filled with thousands of chanting fans, Argentine fans flooded Bayfront Park with a sea of blue jerseys.

— Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 4 July 2026
Social media was flooded with images and footage of guests making the pilgrimage to MSG.

— Zoe Sottile, CNN Money, 4 July 2026

Definition of flooded

Adjective

The sour note is present but understated, and the texture is both springy and moist.

— Jolene Thym, Mercury News, 6 July 2026
Overhead Watering Spraying water over your entire rose bush is quick and easy, but doing so creates moist conditions that promote fungal diseases.

— Madeline Buiano, Martha Stewart, 5 July 2026

Definition of moist

Adjective

Davidson is more steeped in Democratic politics, including working for years as a political consultant and winning a county legislature seat in 2023.

— Chris McKenna, USA Today, 22 June 2026
Terrestrials is so steeped in local, environmental minutiae that doing the kind of analysis necessary to fully understand every lyric can feel like an extra-credit assignment.

— Cassidy Sollazzo, Pitchfork, 19 June 2026

Definition of steeped

Adjective

In testing, the setup produced a pure aqueous formic acid solution under real sunlight, even as the light intensity changed.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 21 June 2026
In order to have aqueous alteration there needs to be some internal heating [usually via radioactive elements] and if something forms later than everything else then there will be less heat [since many of the radioactive elements will have already decayed].

— Keith Cooper, Space.com, 19 June 2026

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