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
  • After Klee announced his death on July 25, tributes flowed on social media for the little dog whose cancer diagnosis was revealed in May.
    — Lisa Respers France, CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2026
  • The park itself wasn’t crowded during USA TODAY’s visit on July 30, but a steady stream of guests flowed through the front entrance, stopping only for security since there were no admission fees.
    — Eve Chen, USA Today, 2 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
  • Water had saturated the mica schist and reactivated the old landslide.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Our daily lives are saturated with instant opinions amplified by algorithms that reward speed over substance.
    — Ronald Leopold, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of saturated
Verb
  • Elsewhere in the interview, Anstead, 47, gushed about his girlfriend of five years and praised her down-to-earth qualities.
    — Juliana Ukiomogbe, InStyle, 29 July 2026
  • On July 20, the 58-year-old Wilson Philips singer shared a selfie on Facebook in which she was seen with the 63-year-old retired actress and gushed over her encounter with one of her childhood idols.
    — Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 28 July 2026
Definition of gushed
Verb
  • Much of the film is sun-soaked and colorful and filled with the rhythm and chaos of life in a cloistered, liminal community.
    — JD Linville, Variety, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Apply enough of the product to treat the affected area, especially if the mess has soaked into the carpet or other porous material.
    — Caroline Lubinsky, Martha Stewart, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of soaked
Verb
  • Downpours from fast-moving storms drenched the Kansas City area early Friday, with multiple inches of rain falling in a short time.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 31 July 2026
  • Between 2 and 5 inches of rain could fall in different sections of New England, potentially imperiling a handful of places already drenched by previous storms in recent days.
    — Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 29 July 2026
Definition of drenched
Verb
  • Upon hearing the news, East Germans flooded to the wall’s checkpoints, demanding to cross.
    — Tracy Grant, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 Aug. 2026
  • By nearly every measure, President Claudia Sheinbaum is taking the fight to the cartels that have flooded America’s streets for decades.
    — Chris Shays, Hartford Courant, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of flooded
Verb
  • Medics rushed the worker to Bellevue Hospital, where he’s expected to survive.
    — Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 7 Aug. 2026
  • As health officials pointed to a Mexican processing plant run by Taylor Farms as the source of a parasite sickening Americans, the giant produce company rushed to defend itself.
    — Yahya Abou-Ghazala, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of rushed
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