"ugh" meaning in English

See ugh in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Interjection

IPA: /ʌɣ/, /ʌ(ɡ)/, /əː/, [ɯx], [ɯχ], [ɯʀ̊], [ɯɣ], [ə], [əx], [əχ], [əɣ], [ʌx], [ʌχ], [ʌɡ], [ʌk], [ʌʀ̊], [ʊx], [ʊχ], [ʊk], [ʊʀ̊], [ʊ], [ʌ᷈], [ɜ̰ʰ], [ʊɡʱ], [χ] Audio: en-us-ugh.ogg , en-us-ugh-2.ogg , en-us-ugh-3.ogg
Head templates: {{en-interj}} ugh
  1. Used to express repugnance, disgust, or annoyance. Synonyms: yuck Translations (to express disgust): ψό (psó) (Ancient Greek), يَع (yaʕ) (Arabic), uf (Catalan), ecs (Catalan), 惡心 (Chinese Mandarin), 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), bah (Dutch), фу-у (fu-u) (Eastern Mari), (Esperanto), hyh (Finnish), beurk (French), igitt (German), pfui (German), αχ (ach) (Greek), איכס (ikhs) (Hebrew), איכסה (íkhsa) (Hebrew), פוי (fuy) (Hebrew), פויה (fuya) (Hebrew), अरे (are) (Hindi), उफ़ (uf) (Hindi), छी (chī) (Hindi), uf (Ido), che schifo (Italian), うっ (u') (Japanese), わっ (wa') (Japanese), (ge) (Japanese), (ge) (Japanese), げっ (ge') (Japanese), ゲッ) (ge') (Japanese), ee (Malay), æsj (Norwegian), fy (Norwegian), uff (Norwegian), ایش (išš) (Persian), fu (Polish), agh (Portuguese), câh (Romanian), фу (fu) (Russian), тьфу (tʹfu) (Russian), фе (fe) (Russian), фи (fi) (english: aristocratic) (Russian), бе (be) (Russian), уф (uf) (note: for annoyance) (Russian), puf (Spanish), guácala [Mexico] (Spanish), fuchi [Mexico] (Spanish), fúchila [Mexico] (Spanish), aj (Spanish), usch (Swedish), yak (Tagalog), ཨ་ཡོ (a yo) (Tibetan), ཨ་ཁ (a kha) (Tibetan), ıı (Turkish), ych (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-ugh-en-intj-d-hRwewy Disambiguation of 'to express disgust': 75 25
  2. Used to express inarticulate vocalisations, such as used by a caveman.
    Sense id: en-ugh-en-intj--5o4JvI4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Eastern Mari translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Hindi translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Tagalog translations, Terms with Tibetan translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 76 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 29 71 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 23 77 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 30 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 28 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 28 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Eastern Mari translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 28 72 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Hindi translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 30 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Tibetan translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 28 72

Alternative forms

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      "ipa": "/əː/"
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      "ipa": "[ʌ᷈]"
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      "ipa": "[ɜ̰ʰ]"
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      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "yaʕ",
      "sense": "to express disgust",
      "word": "يَع"
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      "sense": "to express disgust",
      "word": "uf"
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      "sense": "to express disgust",
      "word": "惡心"
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "ěxin",
      "sense": "to express disgust",
      "word": "恶心"
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      "roman": "pēi",
      "sense": "to express disgust",
      "tags": [
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        "strong"
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      "word": "呸"
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    {
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      "roman": "cuì",
      "sense": "to express disgust",
      "word": "啐"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "āiyā",
      "sense": "to express disgust",
      "word": "哎呀"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "āi",
      "sense": "to express disgust",
      "word": "哎"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "ài",
      "sense": "to express disgust",
      "word": "唉"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to express disgust",
      "word": "fuj"
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "to express disgust",
      "word": "bah"
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      "code": "eo",
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      "sense": "to express disgust",
      "word": "aĉ"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to express disgust",
      "word": "hyh"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to express disgust",
      "word": "beurk"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to express disgust",
      "word": "igitt"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to express disgust",
      "word": "pfui"
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      "code": "el",
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      "sense": "to express disgust",
      "word": "αχ"
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      "sense": "to express disgust",
      "word": "ψό"
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      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "ikhs",
      "sense": "to express disgust",
      "word": "איכס"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "íkhsa",
      "sense": "to express disgust",
      "word": "איכסה"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "fuy",
      "sense": "to express disgust",
      "word": "פוי"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "fuya",
      "sense": "to express disgust",
      "word": "פויה"
    },
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      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "are",
      "sense": "to express disgust",
      "word": "अरे"
    },
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      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "uf",
      "sense": "to express disgust",
      "word": "उफ़"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "chī",
      "sense": "to express disgust",
      "word": "छी"
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    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "to express disgust",
      "word": "uf"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to express disgust",
      "word": "che schifo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "u'",
      "sense": "to express disgust",
      "word": "うっ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "wa'",
      "sense": "to express disgust",
      "word": "わっ"
    },
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      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "ge",
      "sense": "to express disgust",
      "word": "げ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "ge",
      "sense": "to express disgust",
      "word": "ゲ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "ge'",
      "sense": "to express disgust",
      "word": "げっ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "ge'",
      "sense": "to express disgust",
      "word": "ゲッ)"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "to express disgust",
      "word": "ee"
    },
    {
      "code": "mhr",
      "lang": "Eastern Mari",
      "roman": "fu-u",
      "sense": "to express disgust",
      "word": "фу-у"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to express disgust",
      "word": "æsj"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to express disgust",
      "word": "fy"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to express disgust",
      "word": "uff"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "išš",
      "sense": "to express disgust",
      "word": "ایش"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to express disgust",
      "word": "fu"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to express disgust",
      "word": "agh"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to express disgust",
      "word": "câh"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "fu",
      "sense": "to express disgust",
      "word": "фу"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "tʹfu",
      "sense": "to express disgust",
      "word": "тьфу"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "fe",
      "sense": "to express disgust",
      "word": "фе"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "aristocratic",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "fi",
      "sense": "to express disgust",
      "word": "фи"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "be",
      "sense": "to express disgust",
      "word": "бе"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "note": "for annoyance",
      "roman": "uf",
      "sense": "to express disgust",
      "word": "уф"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to express disgust",
      "word": "puf"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to express disgust",
      "tags": [
        "Mexico"
      ],
      "word": "guácala"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to express disgust",
      "tags": [
        "Mexico"
      ],
      "word": "fuchi"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to express disgust",
      "tags": [
        "Mexico"
      ],
      "word": "fúchila"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to express disgust",
      "word": "aj"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to express disgust",
      "word": "usch"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "to express disgust",
      "word": "yak"
    },
    {
      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "a yo",
      "sense": "to express disgust",
      "word": "ཨ་ཡོ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "a kha",
      "sense": "to express disgust",
      "word": "ཨ་ཁ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to express disgust",
      "word": "ıı"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "to express disgust",
      "word": "ych"
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  "word": "ugh"
}

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