ew
English
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Etymology
Imitative, ideophonic. Compare oh, ugh.
Interjection
ew (with as many extra ‘e’s and/or ‘w’s as needed for emphasis)
- Expression of disgust or nausea.
- Ew! There’s a fly in my soup.
- Ew! This peanut butter tastes disgusting!
Synonyms
- See Thesaurus:yuck
Translations
expression of disgust or nausea
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Anagrams
Kurdish
Pronoun
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Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old English īw, ēow, from Proto-Germanic *īhwaz.
Pronunciation
Noun
ew
Descendants
References
- “eu (n.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-10.
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