pure douchery
- noun
- /pjʊr ˈduːʧəri/
- Offensive
:
pura imbecilidad
- His constant bragging was pure douchery and annoyed everyone in the room.
Examples
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Calling out a colleague in front of everyone was an act of pure douchery.
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Her refusal to help after volunteering was nothing but pure douchery.
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That was a classic case of pure douchery!
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Can you believe his pure douchery at the party?
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Her refusal to help after volunteering was nothing but pure douchery.
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Calling out a colleague in front of everyone was an act of pure douchery.
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His constant bragging was pure douchery and annoyed everyone in the room.
Synonyms
24
8.1
Rude boldness that shows no shame
2
9.9
Very rude and hurtful behavior by someone who acts too proud and thinks they are better than others
1
8.4
Treating people in a rude, bossy way and not listening to them
1
8.1
Rude, insensitive behavior that ignores good manners
1
9.9
Rude, arrogant behavior that hurts or annoys other people
1
9.9
Rude, selfish actions that hurt or upset other people
1
8.1
Rude behavior that shows you think you are better than others
1
7.2
A cold, uncaring way of treating other people
1
8.6
Rude, unfriendly behavior that makes other people feel unwelcome
Rude, selfish behavior that annoys or offends other people
Rude selfish actions that ignore other people's feelings
A way of acting as if one is better than other people
Treating people as if they are less smart or important
Being too bossy and trying to control other people
A way of behaving that shows you do not care about others
Being rude and not polite to other people
Rude actions that show a lack of politeness
Antonyms
How Obnoxious
- Offensive
- NSFW
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7.0
2
8.0
133
4.8
27
1.8
Surface Forms
Morphology
‘Pure’ is an intensifier meaning 'utter' or 'sheer' and 'douchery' denotes rude, arrogant behavior; together they yield a directly compositional meaning ('utter obnoxious behavior') that a learner who knows both words can derive. This intensifier + noun pattern is cross-linguistically common and therefore immediately interpretable by a B1 learner familiar with the constituents.
Etymology
Pure douchery comes from the insult douche, which originally named a 'washing device'. Over time people used douche or douchebag to mean a rude, arrogant person, and douchery became the word for the person's bad actions, so pure douchery means 'outrageous or obnoxious behavior'.