ugh
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (British, America) IPA: [ɯx], [ɯχ], [ʌx], [ʌχ], [ʌɡ], [ʌk], [ʊx], [ʊχ], [ʊk], [ʊ], [ʌ᷈]
- Used to express repugnance, disgust, or annoyance.
- Ugh! The bread in the pantry has gone moldy.
- 1855, Robert Browning, “Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came”, XXI:
- [...] It may have been a water-rat I speared, / But, ugh! it sounded like a baby's shriek.
- See Thesaurus:yuck
- French: beurk
- German: igitt, pfui
- Italian: che schifo
- Portuguese: agh
- Russian: фу
- Spanish: puf, guácala (Mexico), fuchi (Mexico), fúchila (Mexico), aj
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