ugh

English

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA: /ɯx/, /ʌɡ/

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Interjection

ugh

1. Used to express repugnance, disgust, boredom, annoyance, tiredness, or horror.

   When I saw how the stuff in the larder had gone moldy all I could think of to say was, "Ugh"

Translations

to express disgust

• Arabic: يع (ar) (ya3)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 惡心 (cmn), 恶心 (cmn) (ěxin), (strong, offensive) 呸 (cmn) (pēi), 啐 (cmn) (cuì), 哎呀 (cmn) (āiyā), 哎 (cmn) (āi), 唉 (cmn) (ài)

• Dutch: bah (nl)
• Esperanto: aĉ (eo)
• Finnish: hyh (fi)
• French: beurk (fr)
• German: igitt (de), pfui (de)
• Greek: αχ (el) (ach)

• Hebrew: איכס (he) (iks), פוי (he) (fui)
• Japanese: げ (ja) (ge) (also spelled: ゲ (ja) (ge), げっ (ja) (ge), ゲッ (ja) (ge))
• Malay: ee (ms)
• Persian: ایش (fa)
• Portuguese: agh (pt)
• Romanian: câh
• Russian: фу (ru) (fu), тьфу (ru) (t'fu), фе (ru) (fe), фи (ru) (fi) (aristocratic), бе (ru) (be)
• Spanish: puf (es)
• Swedish: usch (sv)
• Turkish: ıı (tr)

See also

• bah
• ew
• yuck
• yech

Anagrams

• hug

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Manx

Interjection

ugh!

1. oh!

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Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

• IPA: [u]

Etymology

From Old Irish og, from Proto-Celtic *āwjon, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm.

Noun

ugh m (genitive uigh or uighe, plural uighean)

1. egg

Derived terms

• bonnach-uighe (“omelette”)
• plaosg-uighe (“eggshell”)
• ugh na Càisge (“Easter egg”)
• ughlann (“ovary”)
• uighean pronn (“scrambled eggs”)