Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

douchey

/du.ʃeɪ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.14 in modern English

Syllables: douchey
IPA: /du.ʃeɪ/

16

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Characteristic of a douche (jerk) or douchebag; obnoxious.

Derogatory; Slang

name

Example Sentences

"So I have compiled some tips to help Harvard students act less douchey when they are faced with foreign situations this weekend."
"Helms describes Andy as "a yacht-clubby guy who's a little douchey but still earnest.""
"Very had to incite Lavinia to stop dropping that douchey "resumé" word already."
""True. That's not such a big deal, but he's also taking away my Valedictorian status. All because he doesn't want the pregnant girl in his school to become news. Looks bad for the school or whatever." "Mm... okay. That's worse. And kinda douchey.""
"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. Though he eventually got with the program and helped fight some monsters, he wasn’t exactly what you’d call the pick of the litter."

Etymology

From douche + -y; see douche bag.

Origin

Source language: French

Usage

Inflected Forms

douchier (comparative) douchiest (superlative) douchy (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce douchey?: The recorded pronunciation is /du.ʃeɪ/.
What does douchey mean?: Characteristic of a douche (jerk) or douchebag; obnoxious.
Where does douchey come from?: It is traced to French.

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