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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

ugh en · INTJ

Pronunciation

  • /əː/ lexically
  • (US) audio
  • /ʌɣ/ lexically
  • /ʌ(ɡ)/ lexically
  • /ʌx/ lexically
  • (US) audio
  • (US) audio

Meanings

  1. Used to express repugnance, disgust, or annoyance.
    • [...] It may have been a water-rat I speared, / But, ugh! it sounded like a baby's shriek. 1855, Robert Browning, Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came, section XXI:
    • "Ugh, what a smell of Christian blood there is here," screamed the giant. 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 57:
    • Ugh! The bread in the pantry has gone moldy.
    • Ugh, you can't take that bitch nowhere 2023, “Paint The Town Red”, in Scarlet, performed by Doja Cat:
  2. Used to express inarticulate vocalisations, such as used by a caveman.
    • The brothers surveyed the wide prospect earnestly. "Ugh!" said one abruptly and pointed. "Ugh!" cried his brother. The eyes of the whole tribe swung round to the pointing finger. The group became one rigid stare. 1921, H.G. Wells, “The Grisly Folk”, in Selected Short Stories, published 1958, page 291:

Synonyms

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

Translations (63)

it che schifo (to express disgust) · es aj (to express disgust) · bo ཨ་ཁ (to express disgust) · nb uff (to express disgust) · ja ゲッ) (to express disgust) · nl bah (to express disgust) · cy ych (to express disgust) · io uf (to express disgust) · mhr фу-у (to express disgust) · ms isy (to express disgust) · pt aff (to express disgust) · ru тьфу (to express disgust) · nb æsj (to express disgust) · cmn 哎呀 (to express disgust) · ja(to express disgust) · fi hyh (to express disgust) · cmn(to express disgust) · ca uf (to express disgust) · cs fuj (to express disgust) · he פויה (to express disgust) · ru уф (to express disgust) · ru фи (to express disgust) · es fúchila (to express disgust) · sv usch (to express disgust) · kw ogh (to express disgust) · tl yak (to express disgust) · cmn(to express disgust) · ja げっ (to express disgust) · eo(to express disgust) · nb fy (to express disgust) · de pfui (to express disgust) · pon ahk (to express disgust) · hi अरे (to express disgust) · ar يَع (to express disgust) · he איכס (to express disgust) · ja(to express disgust) · fa ایش (to express disgust) · hi छी (to express disgust) · de igitt (to express disgust) · cmn(to express disgust) · ja うっ (to express disgust) · pl fu (to express disgust) · ms ee (to express disgust) · fr beurk (to express disgust) · ru фе (to express disgust) · hi उफ़ (to express disgust) · es puf (to express disgust) · bo ཨ་ཡོ (to express disgust) · ca ecs (to express disgust) · el αχ (to express disgust) · ru фу (to express disgust) · he איכסה (to express disgust) · es fuchi (to express disgust) · pt agh (to express disgust) · es guácala (to express disgust) · ru бе (to express disgust) · cmn 惡心 /恶心 (to express disgust) · ro câh (to express disgust) · grc ψό (to express disgust) · cmn(to express disgust) · ja わっ (to express disgust) · tr ıı (to express disgust) · he פוי (to express disgust)