douched

verb

past tense of douche
as in flowed

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for douched
  1. flowed
  2. hosed
  3. saturated
  4. gushed
  5. soaked
  6. drenched
  7. flooded
  8. rushed
Verb
  • The world went in, and pliant, playful interpretations flowed out.
    — Laura Preston, New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2026
  • The result was a slurry of melting ice, rock and water that quickly flowed into the river.
    — Umesh Haritashya, The Conversation, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of flowed
Verb
  • But Indiana got hosed and Notre Dame (whom Gen Z might now hate) could be a national champ contender in hiding.
    — Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Most of us would look more like Charlie Brown getting hosed by Lucy for the thousandth time.
    — Matt Reigle OutKick, FOXNews.com, 17 July 2026
Definition of hosed
Verb
  • Below, the liquid blushes that make the case, from sheer to saturated.
    — Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 3 Sep. 2026
  • The initial three rounds were not very heavy but saturated the soil and left the area much more prone to dangerous flash flooding once the fourth round of torrential rain moved through.
    — Trevor Ault, ABC News, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of saturated
Verb
  • Sabalenka, clad in a semi-sheer dress by Helsa, gushed to Vogue while at the brand’s SoHo flagship on Tuesday.
    — Paul Chi, Vogue, 31 Aug. 2026
  • In a post after the charity festival, performer Chappell Roan gushed about the experience and praised organizer Olivia Rodrigo, while also revealing that the event reignited her own hunger for playing shows.
    — Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of gushed
Verb
  • Palace workers also collected cards soaked after a nightly downpour and dried them to preserve the mourners’ messages for posterity, NRK reported.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 29 Aug. 2026
  • And because nobody washed the dishes before tossing them into the feasting pit, King and his colleagues (in a 2017 study) could analyze the microscopic residue of ancient drinks that had soaked into the ceramic.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of soaked
Verb
  • Jódar was drenched in sweat by early in the third set Wednesday, on a humid — but not intensely humid — day in New York despite the rain later.
    — Rebecca Tauber, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026
  • In another part of the study, the research team saw that fat cells behaved differently when drenched with blood collected from the HIIT folks, including changes involved in many genes that regulate fat and whole-body metabolism.
    — Will Stone, NPR, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of drenched
Verb
  • Culture news and the SoCal scene The internet was flooded with news out of the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art this week as an embargo lifted on coverage from inside the new 300,000-square-foot building in Exposition Park.
    — Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026
  • It initially was allowed onto the ballot, and its young supporters flooded social media with videos promoting the party.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of flooded
Verb
  • Another teacher heard Williams calling for help, and rushed in to help.
    — Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Government troops patrolled the streets, ambulances rushed to the victims, and residents ventured out assessing damage and clearing out bloodied clothes from the pavement.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of rushed
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“Douched.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/douched. Accessed 7 Sep. 2026.

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