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bah en · INTJ · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /bɑː/ (UK)
• /bæ/ (UK)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Early 19th century, probably borrowed from French bah.

Meanings

1. (humorous, sometimes) Expressing contempt, disgust, or bad temper.
   • This process being entirely inadequate to express the nature of his emotions he ejaculated "Bah!" and so gave Cripps to understand that he was now removed from consideration as a human being. 1913, Norman Lindsay, A Curate in Bohemia, Sydney: N.S.W. Bookstall Co., published 1932, page 141:
   • Templeton looked over the assembled servants speculatively, then shrugged. "Bah!" he said. "They're of no use to me. Come, Andrew, a word with you upstairs." 1992, April Kihlstrom, Dangerous Masquerade:
   • "To the doctor's? Bah!" said the sorceress, and spat upon the floor. 1886, Peter Christen Asbjø￵rnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 301:
   • “Bah!” cried the woman. “My husband will know!” 1913 June–December, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “Forging Bonds of Hate and ——?”, in The Return of Tarzan, New York, N.Y.: A[lbert] L[evi] Burt Company, […], published March 1915, →OCLC, page 22:

Forms

Deriveds

bah humbug · poobah · pooh-bah

Relateds

despise · contempt · sneer · tut tut · yuck

Synonyms

gaw · phoh · bah · fough · ick · pshh · pish · bleh (expressing disgust) · harumph · pugh · pooh · pah · psht · ych a fi · meh · faw · foh · pht (expressing contempt) · pssht · pho · pfui · phht · puh · feh · tush · pssh · pfaugh · faugh · pshht · bleck · blech · poh · piff · pshaw

Translations (19)

mi atā (expressing contempt) · pt goff (expressing contempt) · el μπα (expressing contempt) · pt chispa (expressing contempt) · ru фу (expressing contempt) · eo ba (expressing contempt) · cmn 呸 (expressing contempt) · gl boh (expressing contempt) · pt ora bolas (expressing contempt) · cqd teik (expressing contempt) · sh ma (expressing contempt) · io ba (expressing contempt) · pt bah (expressing contempt) · mi aeha (expressing contempt) · fi pyh (expressing contempt) · fi pah (expressing contempt) · fi pöh (expressing contempt) · ru тьфу (expressing contempt) · es bah (expressing contempt)

bah en · INTJ · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /bɑː/ (UK)

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative spelling of baa.
   alt of baa

Forms

Relateds

despise · contempt · sneer · tut tut · yuck

Synonyms

gaw · phoh · bah · fough · feh · pshh · poh · harumph · pugh · pooh · pah · psht · faw · foh · pht · pssht · pho · pfui · phht · pish · puh · tush · pssh · pfaugh · faugh · pshht · bleck · pshaw · blech · piff

bah en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /bɑː/ (UK)

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative spelling of baa.
   alt of baa
   • `There, cut his throat quick. Where is the saucer?' `The Goat! the Goat! the Goat! Give me the blood of my black goat! I must have it, don't you see I must have it? Oh! oh! oh! give me the blood of the goat.' At this moment a terrified bah! announced that the poor goat had been sacrificed, and the next minute a woman ran up with a saucer full of blood. 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:

Forms

bah en · PART · etymology 3

Meanings

1. (Manglish, Singlish, alt-of, alternative) Alternative spelling of ba.
   alt of ba.

Relateds

sis boom bah