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douchey

/du.ʃeɪ/

douchey adjective: characteristic of a douche (jerk) or douchebag; obnoxious.

Adjective

douchey (comparative douchier, superlative douchiest)

  1. (derogatory, slang, vulgar) Characteristic of a douche (jerk) or douchebag; obnoxious.
    • So I have compiled some tips to help Harvard students act less douchey when they are faced with foreign situations this weekend.2005 November 18, Carl Williott, “Dear Harvard, publicly enjoy yourself. Love, Yale.”, in Yale Daily News, archived from the original on 11 May 2010
    • Helms describes Andy as "a yacht-clubby guy who's a little douchey but still earnest."2008 September 14, Adam Sternbergh, quoting Ed Helms, “The Jerk”, in New York Magazine

Proper noun capitalized: Douchey

Douchey

  1. A surname.

douchey meaning in Tamil

douchey in Tamil

வெறுக்கத்தக்க

Examples of douchey in a sentence

  • Very had to incite Lavinia to stop dropping that douchey "resumé" word already.2010, Rachel Cohn, Very LeFreak, Random House, →ISBN, page 109:
  • In the first season of Stranger Things, no character was more extra than Steve Harrington — Nancy Wheeler’s frequently possessive, largely confused, often douchey boyfriend.2017 November 7, Aja Romano, “The unlikely breakout star of Stranger Things 2 is unlikelier babysitter Steve Harrington”, in Vox:

Forms of douchey

comparativedouchier
superlativedouchiest
alternative formdouchy

Origin of douchey

From douche + -y; see douche bag.

From French [Term?].

Questions about douchey

What does douchey mean?
Douchey means characteristic of a douche (jerk) or douchebag; obnoxious.
What is douchey in Tamil?
Douchey in Tamil is வெறுக்கத்தக்க. See Douchey meaning in Tamil.
How do you use douchey in a sentence?
Very had to incite Lavinia to stop dropping that douchey "resumé" word already.
What part of speech is douchey?
Douchey can be an adjective or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce douchey?
Douchey is pronounced /du.ʃeɪ/.

Words near douchey in the dictionary

  1. douchewads
  2. douchewaffle
  3. douchewaffles
  4. douchewagon
  5. douchewagons
  6. douchey
  7. douchi
  8. douchier
  9. douchiest
  10. douchiness
  11. douching

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Adapted from Wiktionary: douchey (page history and authors); Douchey (page history and authors); douchey (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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