Dictionary

ew en · INTJ · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /iːu̯/
• /ɪʊ̯/
• /(j)ɪu̯/
• audio Midwest US
• /iːˈjuː/
• /ˈiː.uː/

Etymology

Onomatopoeic, ideophonic. Compare oh, ugh.

Meanings

1. Expression of disgust or nausea.
   • Ew! This peanut butter tastes disgusting!
   • Ew! There’s a fly in my soup.

Forms

Deriveds

ewwie · ewphoria · ewwy

Relateds

pew

Synonyms

eww · agh · urgh · ugh · feh · eurgh · yuck · eugh · faugh · phew · pew · bah · ew · bleh · yeugh · pooh · argh · no · foh · poo · ack · ych a fi · bleck · pah · blech · yeurgh · gack · gah · yech · barf · ick · uck · bleah

Translations (89)

afb يع (expression of disgust or nausea) · cmn 啐 (expression of disgust or nausea) · cy ych a fi (expression of disgust or nausea) · da uf (expression of disgust or nausea) · fi yök (expression of disgust or nausea) · cmn 哎 (expression of disgust or nausea) · cmn 唉唷 (expression of disgust or nausea) · fi yh (expression of disgust or nausea) · es aj (expression of disgust or nausea) · sv usch (expression of disgust or nausea) · ru бе (expression of disgust or nausea) · fr beurk (expression of disgust or nausea) · cs fuj (expression of disgust or nausea) · ru буэ́ (expression of disgust or nausea) · es guácala (expression of disgust or nausea) · ca ecs (expression of disgust or nausea) · br ec'h (expression of disgust or nausea) · es puaj (expression of disgust or nausea) · ru тьфу (expression of disgust or nausea) · ar يَع (expression of disgust or nausea) · cmn 哎喲 /哎哟 (expression of disgust or nausea) · uk фу (expression of disgust or nausea) · sv uäk (expression of disgust or nausea) · da øv (expression of disgust or nausea) · hi छी (expression of disgust or nausea) · he פויה (expression of disgust or nausea) · sv fy (expression of disgust or nausea) · es huácala (expression of disgust or nausea) · es fo (expression of disgust or nausea) · ru фу (expression of disgust or nausea) · ru бр-р (expression of disgust or nausea) · it puah (expression of disgust or nausea) · cmn 唉 (expression of disgust or nausea) · fa ایش (expression of disgust or nausea) · de igitt (expression of disgust or nausea) · nl ieuw (expression of disgust or nausea) · acm إفّ (expression of disgust or nausea) · sv blä (expression of disgust or nausea) · vi êu (expression of disgust or nausea) · da fy (expression of disgust or nausea) · he איכסה (expression of disgust or nausea) · es puaf (expression of disgust or nausea) · cmn 噫 (expression of disgust or nausea) · sh bljak (expression of disgust or nausea) · ja げ (expression of disgust or nausea) · pt eca (expression of disgust or nausea) · nl bah (expression of disgust or nausea) · es fuchi (expression of disgust or nausea) · cmn 哎呀 (expression of disgust or nausea) · es íu (expression of disgust or nausea) · pt que nojo! (expression of disgust or nausea) · ru фи (expression of disgust or nausea) · fi yäk (expression of disgust or nausea) · es fúchila (expression of disgust or nausea) · cmn 呸 (expression of disgust or nausea) · as ছিঃ (expression of disgust or nausea) · tr ıy (expression of disgust or nausea) · acw يِع (expression of disgust or nausea) · no fysj (expression of disgust or nausea) · afb ويع (expression of disgust or nausea) · nv ih (expression of disgust or nausea) · pl fuj (expression of disgust or nausea) · cmn 惡心 /恶心 (expression of disgust or nausea) · pl ble (expression of disgust or nausea) · is oj (expression of disgust or nausea) · ja ゲ (expression of disgust or nausea) · pt credo (expression of disgust or nausea) · de pfui (expression of disgust or nausea) · fi hyi (expression of disgust or nausea) · grc ψό (expression of disgust or nausea) · es fo mierda (expression of disgust or nausea) · no æsj (expression of disgust or nausea) · el μπλιάχ (expression of disgust or nausea) · es iw (expression of disgust or nausea) · eo aĉ (expression of disgust or nausea) · lt pfui (expression of disgust or nausea) · ur چھی (expression of disgust or nausea) · ja ゲッ (expression of disgust or nausea) · he איכס (expression of disgust or nausea) · hu fúj (expression of disgust or nausea) · ru фе (expression of disgust or nausea) · acm أيع (expression of disgust or nausea) · es guácale (expression of disgust or nausea) · he פוי (expression of disgust or nausea) · sh fuj (expression of disgust or nausea) · lt fu (expression of disgust or nausea) · fa پیف (expression of disgust or nausea) · ja げっ (expression of disgust or nausea) · hy յախկ (expression of disgust or nausea)

ew en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /iːu̯/
• /ɪʊ̯/
• /(j)ɪu̯/
• audio Midwest US
• /iːˈjuː/
• /ˈiː.uː/

Etymology

Onomatopoeic, ideophonic. Compare oh, ugh.

Meanings

1. (ambitransitive, colloquial, rare) To express disgust (at someone or something) by saying ew.
   • “Yes. But why did she target me? I don’t understand.” / “I think it’s kind of fun.” Gen smiled, pulling out her own pack of Marlboros and lighting one. / “Ew, you would think it’s fun. Try having a stalker.” / “Don’t ew me right now, Babe. Honestly.” 2014, Babe Walker, “Get Off My Dick”, in Psychos (A White Girl Problems Book; 2), New York, N.Y.: Gallery Books, →ISBN, page 239:
   • “Brad went into a seething rage, as you do,” said Jack “and followed Harvey out of the restaurant, down the road and …” / “… Killed him with a muttonbird,” added Matahina / “A brick, then a muttonbird,” corrected Jack, to her horror. / “Ew!” she ewwed. 2012, Simon Dodd, Death by Muttonbird: A Lord Howe Island Murder Mystery, Sydney, N.S.W.: DBMB Publishing, →ISBN, page 201:
   • Jayden […] showed them a large cache of vintage muscleman magazines. “Look at this. Look how hot.” […] “I’m gonna hang them up all over my room. My mom says it’s OK as long as they’re not showing meat.” / “Ew,” Ava said. / “I don’t ew the shit you like,” Jayden retorted. / “You ew girls all the time,” Ava said dismissively. “And I just meant ew to calling it ‘meat.’” 2022, Meg Elison, “Drone Pirates of Silicon Valley”, in Jonathan Strahan, editor, Tomorrow's Parties: Life in the Anthropocene (Twelve Tomorrows), Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, →ISBN, page 22:

Forms

ew en · NOUN · etymology 2

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Meanings

1. (alt-of, obsolete) Obsolete spelling of yew.
   alt of yew