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ug en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /ʌɡ/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Middle English ugge, from Old Norse uggr (“fear, apprehension, dread”), related to Old Norse ógn (“terror, threat, dispute”) and agi (“terror, strife, fear, punishment”). More at awe.

Meanings

  1. (Northern-England, Scotland, countable, obsolete, uncountable) A feeling of fear, horror or disgust.
    • He took an ug at's meht.
  2. (Northern-England, Scotland, countable, obsolete, uncountable) An object of disgust.
    • What an ug ye've myed yorsel.
  3. (Northern-England, Scotland, countable, obsolete, uncountable) Vomited matter.
  4. (Northumbria, countable, uncountable) A surfeit.

Forms

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oug alternative lexicographic
ugs Number=Plur lexicographic
ugg alternative lexicographic

Deriveds

ugsomely · uggin · ugsomeness · ugsome · ugfou

Relateds

ugly

Synonyms

loathsomeness (disgust) · abomination (object of disgust) · surplus · dread (fear; horror) · sick · fright · glut (surfeit) · revulsion (disgust) · distaste (disgust) · chunder (vomit)

Source: en.wiktionary, “ug” (noun), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

ug en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • /ʌɡ/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Middle English uggen, from Old Norse ugga (“to fear”), see above.

Meanings

  1. (Northern-England, Scotland, obsolete) To dread, loathe or disgust.
    • Wha weds a cankert thriftless wife, / Weds to his days eternal strife, / For, like the Tron-Kirk bell, / She ever hammers on his lugs, / Till her an' hame at last he uggs / As the dire door o' hell! 1822, Robert Wilson, “Answer to an Epistle from a Friend”, in Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect, page 71:
  2. (Northern-England, Scotland, obsolete) To fear, be horrified; shudder with horror.
  3. (Northern-England, Scotland, obsolete) To vomit.
  4. (Northumbria, obsolete) To give a surfeit to.

Forms

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oug alternative lexicographic
ugged Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
ugged Tense=Past lexicographic
ugg alternative lexicographic
ugs Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
ugging Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Synonyms

throw up · pray to the porcelain god · abhor (feel abhorrence) · heave (vomit) · sicken · loathe

Source: en.wiktionary, “ug” (verb), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

ug en · NOUN · etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • /ʌɡ/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Icelandic uggi (“fin”).

Meanings

  1. (Caithness, Scotland) The pectoral fin of a fish.

Forms

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ugs Number=Plur lexicographic

Synonyms

pectoral

Source: en.wiktionary, “ug” (noun), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

ug en · ADJ · etymology 4

Pronunciation

  • /ʌɡ/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Initialism of underground.

Meanings

  1. (Internet, not-comparable) Belonging to or characteristic of the underground subliminal community.
Source: en.wiktionary, “ug” (adj), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

ug en · NOUN · etymology 4

Pronunciation

  • /ʌɡ/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Initialism of underground.

Meanings

  1. (Internet, attributive, often) Underground; specifically referring to the UGSC (Underground Subliminal Community) or content that is intentionally harmful, lethal, or intended to bypass platform filters.
    • That creator is strictly ug; they have "respawn" affirmations in all their tracks.