Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to douche
Participle: douched
Gerund: douching
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | douche |
| you | douche |
| he;she;it | douches |
| we | douche |
| you | douche |
| they | douche |
Perfect
| I | have douched |
| you | have douched |
| he;she;it | has douched |
| we | have douched |
| you | have douched |
| they | have douched |
Past
| I | douched |
| you | douched |
| he;she;it | douched |
| we | douched |
| you | douched |
| they | douched |
Pluperfect
| I | had douched |
| you | had douched |
| he;she;it | had douched |
| we | had douched |
| you | had douched |
| they | had douched |
Future
| I | will douche |
| you | will douche |
| he;she;it | will douche |
| we | will douche |
| you | will douche |
| they | will douche |
Future Perfect
| I | will have douched |
| you | will have douched |
| he;she;it | will have douched |
| we | will have douched |
| you | will have douched |
| they | will have douched |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | douche |
| you | douche |
| he;she;it | douche |
| we | douche |
| you | douche |
| they | douche |
Perfect
| I | have douched |
| you | have douched |
| he;she;it | have douched |
| we | have douched |
| you | have douched |
| they | have douched |
Imperfect
| I | douched |
| you | douched |
| he;she;it | douched |
| we | douched |
| you | douched |
| they | douched |
Pluperfect
| I | had douched |
| you | had douched |
| he;she;it | had douched |
| we | had douched |
| you | had douched |
| they | had douched |
Conditional
Present
| I | would douche |
| you | would douche |
| he;she;it | would douche |
| we | would douche |
| you | would douche |
| they | would douche |
Perfect
| I | would have douched |
| you | would have douched |
| he;she;it | would have douched |
| we | would have douched |
| you | would have douched |
| they | would have douched |
Imperative
| you | douche |
| we | Let's douche |
| you | douche |
Verbs conjugated like 'douche'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'douche'
bouche,
louche,
couch,
debouche,
double,
dough,
dougie,
dounce,
douse,
mouch,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Borrowed from French douche (“shower”), from Italian doccia (“shower”).
Sample Sentences
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[…] a frizzy half-white woman who looked as if she had fallen into a flour-sack, her face was so deep in powder, and her frizzy hair and her brown silk dress so douched with the white dust of it. [1926, D. H. Lawrence, chapter II, in The Plumed Serpent, New York: Knopf:]
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Mrs. McLash's anger was gone completely, douched not nearly so much by the beer as by this attention to her son. [1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter VI, in Capricornia, page 81:]
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The boxes would reek of the smell of rich plum cake, with brandy or sherry douched over it. [1992, Edna O'Brien, chapter 9, in Time and Tide, New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, page 66:]
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Tragedy acts then like a laxative […] or an aperient […] to douche our systems of humors and emotions that unbalance the soul, so that we may return to the virtuous golden mean, to homeostatic equilibrium. [2007, Valerie Allen, On Farting: Language and Laughter in the Middle Ages, New York: Palgrave MacMillan, page 153:]
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(In a 2002 study, 58.5 percent of Black women reported douching and 35.6 percent of Hispanic women said they did the same, compared with 26.6 percent of white women.) [2023 October 1, Jordyn Holman, “Gen Z Wants Feminine Care Brands to Just Say Vagina”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:]