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Touchiest vs Douchiest - What's the difference?

touchiest | douchiest |

As adjectives the difference between touchiest and douchiest

is that touchiest is (touchy) while douchiest is (douchey).

touchiest

English

Adjective

(head)
  • (touchy)

    • touchy

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • (of a situation) Extremely sensitive or volatile; easily disturbed to the point of becoming unstable; requiring caution or tactfulness.
    • It is an extremely touchy situation, with everybody's patience wearing thin.
  • (of a person) Easily offended; oversensitive; ticklish.
    • He can be very touchy when you talk about his cat, so be as tactful as possible.

    Related terms

    * touchy-feely

    See also

    * tetchy * touch and go

    douchiest

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • (douchey)

    • douchey

    English

    Alternative forms

    * douchy

    Adjective

    (er)
  • (slang, derogatory) Characteristic of a douche (jerk).
  • * {{quote-news, 2005, November 18, Carl Williott, Dear Harvard, publicly enjoy yourself. Love, Yale., Yale Daily News citation
    • , passage=So I have compiled some tips to help Harvard students act less douchey when they are faced with foreign situations this weekend.}}
  • * {{quote-news, 2008, September 14, quotee=, Adam Sternbergh, The Jerk, New York Magazine citation
    • , passage=Helms describes Andy as “a yacht-clubby guy who’s a little douchey but still earnest.”}}
  • * 2010 , Rachel Cohn, Very LeFreak , , ISBN 9780375857584, page 109 [http://books.google.com/books?id=b_zXfRMXHXoC&pg=PA109&dq=douchey]:
    • Very had to incite Lavinia to stop dropping that douchey "resumé" word already.