ugh

English

Pronunciation

(UK, US) IPA^(key): [ɯx], [ɯχ], [ʌx], [ʌχ], [ʌɡ], [ʌk], [ʊx], [ʊχ], [ʊk], [ʊ]
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Note: may be nasalized.

Interjection

ugh

Used to express repugnance, disgust, or annoyance.
Ugh! The bread in the pantry has gone moldy.
- 1855, Robert Browning, “Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came”, XXI:
  [...] It may have been a water-rat I speared, / But, ugh! it sounded like a baby's shriek.

Synonyms

See Thesaurus:yuck

Translations

to express disgust

Arabic: يَع‎ (yaʿ)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 惡心 (zh), 恶心 (zh) (ěxin), (strong, offensive) 呸 (zh) (pēi), 啐 (zh) (cuì), 哎呀 (zh) (āiyā), 哎 (zh) (āi), 唉 (zh) (ài)
Dutch: bah (nl)
Esperanto: aĉ
Finnish: hyh
French: beurk (fr)
German: igitt (de), pfui (de)
Greek: αχ (el) (ach)
Hebrew: אִיכְס‎ (he) (ikhs), פוּי‎ (he) (fui)
Ido: uf (io)

Italian: che schifo
Japanese: うっ (u'), わっ (wa'), げ (ja) (ge), ゲ (ja) (ge), げっ (ge'), ゲッ (ge'))
Malay: ee
Persian: ایش‎
Polish: fu (pl)
Portuguese: agh
Romanian: câh
Russian: фу (ru) (fu), тьфу (ru) (tʹfu), фе (ru) (fe), фи (ru) (fi) (aristocratic), бе (ru) (be), уф (ru) (uf) (for annoyance)
Spanish: puf (es), guácala (es) (Mexico), fuchi (es) (Mexico), fúchila (Mexico), aj (es)
Swedish: usch (sv)
Turkish: ıı
Welsh: ych (cy)

Anagrams

Ghu, ghu, hug

Manx

Interjection

ugh!

oh!

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /u/

Noun

ugh m (genitive singular uigh or uighe, plural uighean)

egg

Derived terms

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

References

Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “og”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN

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