pshaw
English
Pronunciation
Interjection
pshaw
- Indicating disapproval, scoffery, irritation, impatience or disbelief. [from 17th c.]
- Pshaw! I can't believe it!
- 1823, James Fenimore Cooper, “chapter 13”, in The Pioneers:
- "Pshaw! Why do ye bother yourself wid texts, man, about so small a matter?" interrupted the landlady
- 1838 March – 1839 October, Charles Dickens, chapter 56, in The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1839, →OCLC:
- 'Pshaw!' Ralph muttered, forcing a laugh.
- 1891, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, chapter 22, in The White Company, New York, N.Y., Boston, Mass.: Thomas Y[oung] Crowell & Company […], →OCLC:
- "Have a care, cousin," he whispered; "for the sake of the Virgin have a care, for you have angered him."
"Pshaw! fear not," the other answered in the same low tone.
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Alternative forms
Synonyms
- (indicating disapproval): pht, pshh, phht, pssh, pshh, pssht, psht, pshht, feh, pooh, pish, bah, poh; see also Thesaurus:bah
- (indicating disbelief): c'mon, poppycock; see also Thesaurus:bullshit
Translations
indicating disapproval, scoffery, irritation, impatience or disbelief
Verb
pshaw (third-person singular simple present pshaws, present participle pshawing, simple past and past participle pshawed)
- (intransitive) To express disgust or contempt by saying "pshaw".
Translations
to express disgust or contempt
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