ugh

Pronunciation

• (lexically) IPA^(key): /ʌɣ/, /ʌ(ɡ)/, /əː/
• (natural exclamation) IPA^(key): [ɯx], [ɯχ], [ɯʀ̊], [ɯɣ], [ə], [əx], [əχ], [əɣ], [ʌx], [ʌχ], [ʌɡ], [ʌk], [ʌʀ̊], [ʊx], [ʊχ], [ʊk], [ʊʀ̊], [ʊ], [ʌ᷈], [ɜ̰ʰ], [ʊɡʱ], [χ]
  • Note: may be nasalized.

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Interjection

ugh

1. Used to express repugnance, disgust, or annoyance.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:yuck

   Ugh! The bread in the pantry has gone moldy.

   • 1855, Robert Browning, Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came, section XXI:

     [...] It may have been a water-rat I speared, / But, ugh! it sounded like a baby's shriek.

   • 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 57:

     "Ugh, what a smell of Christian blood there is here," screamed the giant.

   • 2023, “Paint The Town Red”, in Scarlet, performed by Doja Cat:

     Ugh, you can't take that bitch nowhere

2. Used to express inarticulate vocalisations, such as used by a caveman.
   • 1921, H.G. Wells, “The Grisly Folk”, in Selected Short Stories, published 1958, page 291:

     The brothers surveyed the wide prospect earnestly. "Ugh!" said one abruptly and pointed. "Ugh!" cried his brother. The eyes of the whole tribe swung round to the pointing finger. The group became one rigid stare.

Anagrams

• Ghu, ghu, hug

Interjection

ugh!

1. oh!