"ew" meaning in English

See ew in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Interjection

IPA: /ˈiː.uː/, /iːu̯/, /(j)ɪu̯/ Audio: en-us-ew.ogg Forms: eww [alternative], euw [alternative], ieuw [alternative], ehw [alternative]
Rhymes: -uː Etymology: Onomatopoeic, ideophonic. Compare oh, ugh. Etymology templates: {{onom|en}} Onomatopoeic Head templates: {{en-interj}} ew
  1. Expression of disgust or nausea. Derived forms: ewphoria, ewwie, ewwy Related terms: pew Translations (expression of disgust or nausea): ψό (psó) (Ancient Greek), يَع (yaʕ) (Arabic), يع (yaʕ) [Gulf-Arabic] (Arabic), ويع (wēʕ) [Gulf-Arabic] (Arabic), يِع (yiʕ) [Hijazi-Arabic] (Arabic), ছিঃ (sih) (Assamese), ec'h (Breton), ecs (Catalan), 惡心 /恶心 (ěxin) (Chinese Mandarin), (pēi) [offensive, strong] (Chinese Mandarin), (cuì) (Chinese Mandarin), 哎呀 (āiyā) (Chinese Mandarin), (āi) (Chinese Mandarin), (ài) (Chinese Mandarin), fuj (Czech), uf (Danish), fy (Danish), øv (Danish), bah (Dutch), (Esperanto), hyi (Finnish), yök (Finnish), yäk (Finnish), yh (Finnish), beurk (French), igitt (German), pfui (German), μπλιάχ (bliách) (Greek), איכס (ikhs) (Hebrew), איכסה (íkhsa) (Hebrew), פוי (fuy) (Hebrew), פויה (fuya) (Hebrew), छी (chī) (Hindi), fúj (Hungarian), oj (Icelandic), bleah (Italian), (ge) (Japanese), (ge) (Japanese), げっ (ge') (Japanese), ゲッ (ge') (Japanese), fu (Lithuanian), pfui (Lithuanian), ih (Navajo), æsj (Norwegian), fysj (Norwegian), ایش (išš) (Persian), پیف (pif) (Persian), fuj (Polish), ble (Polish), credo (Portuguese), eca (Portuguese), que nojo! (Portuguese), фу (fu) (Russian), тьфу (tʹfu) (Russian), фе (fe) (Russian), фи (fi) (english: aristocratic) (Russian), бе (be) (Russian), бр-р (br-r) (Russian), буэ́ (bué) (Russian), fuj (Serbo-Croatian), bljak (Serbo-Croatian), guácala (Spanish), puaj (Spanish), puaf (Spanish), iw (Spanish), fo [mierda] huácala (Spanish), fuchi (Spanish), fúchila (Spanish), aj (Spanish), usch (Swedish), fy (Swedish), uäk (Swedish), blä (Swedish), ıy (Turkish), фу (fu) (Ukrainian), چھی (chī) (Urdu), êu (Vietnamese), ych a fi (Welsh)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Etymology templates: {{nonlemma|en}} See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Head templates: {{en-noun|?}} ew
  1. Obsolete spelling of yew. Tags: alt-of, obsolete Alternative form of: yew
    Sense id: en-ew-en-noun-SZnoWQky
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /ˈiː.uː/, /iːu̯/, /(j)ɪu̯/ Audio: en-us-ew.ogg Forms: ews [present, singular, third-person], ewwing [participle, present], ewwed [participle, past], ewwed [past], eww [alternative], euw [alternative], ieuw [alternative], ehw [alternative]
Rhymes: -uː Etymology: Onomatopoeic, ideophonic. Compare oh, ugh. Etymology templates: {{onom|en}} Onomatopoeic Head templates: {{en-verb|++}} ew (third-person singular simple present ews, present participle ewwing, simple past and past participle ewwed)
  1. (ambitransitive, colloquial, rare) To express disgust (at someone or something) by saying ew. Tags: ambitransitive, colloquial, rare
    Sense id: en-ew-en-verb-6D02psRn Categories (other): English links with manual fragments, English links with redundant alt parameters
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "word": "ick"
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          "sense": "expression of disgust or nausea",
          "word": "يَع"
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          "word": "يع"
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          "lang": "Arabic",
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          "sense": "expression of disgust or nausea",
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          "word": "يِع"
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          "lang": "Assamese",
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          "sense": "expression of disgust or nausea",
          "word": "ছিঃ"
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          "sense": "expression of disgust or nausea",
          "word": "ec'h"
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          "sense": "expression of disgust or nausea",
          "word": "ecs"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "ěxin",
          "sense": "expression of disgust or nausea",
          "word": "惡心 /恶心"
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "pēi",
          "sense": "expression of disgust or nausea",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "呸"
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        {
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "cuì",
          "sense": "expression of disgust or nausea",
          "word": "啐"
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          "roman": "āiyā",
          "sense": "expression of disgust or nausea",
          "word": "哎呀"
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "āi",
          "sense": "expression of disgust or nausea",
          "word": "哎"
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          "roman": "ài",
          "sense": "expression of disgust or nausea",
          "word": "唉"
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          "sense": "expression of disgust or nausea",
          "word": "øv"
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          "sense": "expression of disgust or nausea",
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          "sense": "expression of disgust or nausea",
          "word": "aĉ"
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          "sense": "expression of disgust or nausea",
          "word": "hyi"
        },
        {
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "expression of disgust or nausea",
          "word": "yök"
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        {
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "expression of disgust or nausea",
          "word": "yäk"
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        {
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          "sense": "expression of disgust or nausea",
          "word": "yh"
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        {
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          "sense": "expression of disgust or nausea",
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "expression of disgust or nausea",
          "word": "igitt"
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        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "expression of disgust or nausea",
          "word": "pfui"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "bliách",
          "sense": "expression of disgust or nausea",
          "word": "μπλιάχ"
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          "roman": "psó",
          "sense": "expression of disgust or nausea",
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          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "ikhs",
          "sense": "expression of disgust or nausea",
          "word": "איכס"
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          "code": "pt",
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          "sense": "expression of disgust or nausea",
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          "sense": "expression of disgust or nausea",
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          "sense": "expression of disgust or nausea",
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          "sense": "expression of disgust or nausea",
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          "sense": "expression of disgust or nausea",
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          "sense": "expression of disgust or nausea",
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        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "expression of disgust or nausea",
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          "code": "sv",
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          "sense": "expression of disgust or nausea",
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        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
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          "code": "sv",
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          "sense": "expression of disgust or nausea",
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
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          "sense": "expression of disgust or nausea",
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          "roman": "fu",
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          "code": "vi",
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          "sense": "expression of disgust or nausea",
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    "Terms with Persian translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
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      "sense": "expression of disgust or nausea",
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      "sense": "expression of disgust or nausea",
      "word": "beurk"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "expression of disgust or nausea",
      "word": "igitt"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "expression of disgust or nausea",
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      "code": "el",
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      "sense": "expression of disgust or nausea",
      "word": "μπλιάχ"
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      "roman": "psó",
      "sense": "expression of disgust or nausea",
      "word": "ψό"
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      "word": "איכס"
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      "word": "פוי"
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      "sense": "expression of disgust or nausea",
      "word": "छी"
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      "code": "hu",
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    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "expression of disgust or nausea",
      "word": "oj"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "expression of disgust or nausea",
      "word": "bleah"
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      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
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      "sense": "expression of disgust or nausea",
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      "code": "ja",
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      "code": "no",
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      "sense": "expression of disgust or nausea",
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      "word": "credo"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "expression of disgust or nausea",
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "expression of disgust or nausea",
      "word": "que nojo!"
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      "word": "фу"
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      "sense": "expression of disgust or nausea",
      "word": "тьфу"
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      "roman": "fe",
      "sense": "expression of disgust or nausea",
      "word": "фе"
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      "word": "бр-р"
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      "sense": "expression of disgust or nausea",
      "word": "буэ́"
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      "sense": "expression of disgust or nausea",
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      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "expression of disgust or nausea",
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "expression of disgust or nausea",
      "word": "guácala"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "expression of disgust or nausea",
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "expression of disgust or nausea",
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "expression of disgust or nausea",
      "word": "iw"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "expression of disgust or nausea",
      "word": "fo [mierda] huácala"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "expression of disgust or nausea",
      "word": "fuchi"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "expression of disgust or nausea",
      "word": "fúchila"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "expression of disgust or nausea",
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      "sense": "expression of disgust or nausea",
      "word": "usch"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "expression of disgust or nausea",
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "expression of disgust or nausea",
      "word": "uäk"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "expression of disgust or nausea",
      "word": "blä"
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      "code": "tr",
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      "sense": "expression of disgust or nausea",
      "word": "ıy"
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "fu",
      "sense": "expression of disgust or nausea",
      "word": "фу"
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      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "chī",
      "sense": "expression of disgust or nausea",
      "word": "چھی"
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      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "expression of disgust or nausea",
      "word": "êu"
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    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "expression of disgust or nausea",
      "word": "ych a fi"
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