ugh
English
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): [ɯx], [ɯχ], [ʌx], [ʌχ], [ʌɡ], [ʌk], [ʊx], [ʊχ], [ʊk], [ʊ]
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Note: may be nasalized.
Interjection
ugh
- 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.
Synonyms
- See Thesaurus:yuck
Translations
to express disgust
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Manx
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish og, from Proto-Celtic *āuyom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /u/
Derived terms
- bonnach-uighe (“omelette”)
- plaosg-uighe (“eggshell”)
- ughlann (“ovary”)
- ugh na Càisge (“Easter egg”)
- uighean pronn (“scrambled eggs”)
References
- Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “og”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN
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