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ug¹

  • /ʌɡ/

Rhymes with -ʌɡ

Where it comes from

From Middle English ugge, from Old Norse uggr (“fear, apprehension, dread”), related to Old Norse ógn (“terror, threat, dispute”) and agi (“terror, strife, fear, punishment”). More at awe.

noun ugs · ugg · oug

  1. Northern England, Scotland, countable, obsolete, uncountable A feeling of fear, horror or disgust. He took an ug at's meht.

    Similar: dread

  2. Northern England, Scotland, countable, obsolete, uncountable An object of disgust. What an ug ye've myed yorsel.

    Similar: distaste, loathsomeness, revulsion, abomination

  3. Northern England, Scotland, countable, obsolete, uncountable Vomited matter.

    Similar: chunder

  4. Northumbria, countable, uncountable A surfeit.

    Similar: glut

Similar: fright, sick, surplus

ug²

  • /ʌɡ/

Rhymes with -ʌɡ

Where it comes from

From Middle English uggen, from Old Norse ugga (“to fear”), see above.

verb ugs · ugging · ugged · ugg · oug

  1. Northern England, Scotland, obsolete To dread, loathe or disgust. Wha weds a cankert thriftless wife, / Weds to his days eternal strife, / For, like the Tron-Kirk bell, / She ever hammers on his lugs, / Till her an' hame at last he uggs / As the dire door o' hell!

    Similar: abhor

  2. Northern England, Scotland, obsolete To fear, be horrified; shudder with horror.
  3. Northern England, Scotland, obsolete To vomit.

    Similar: heave

  4. Northumbria, obsolete To give a surfeit to.

Similar: loathe, sicken, pray to the porcelain god, throw up

ug³

  • /ʌɡ/

Rhymes with -ʌɡ

Where it comes from

From Icelandic uggi (“fin”).

noun ugs

  1. Caithness, Scotland The pectoral fin of a fish.

    Similar: pectoral

ug⁴

  • /ʌɡ/

Rhymes with -ʌɡ

Where it comes from

Initialism of underground.

noun

  1. Internet, attributive, often Underground; specifically referring to the UGSC (Underground Subliminal Community) or content that is intentionally harmful, lethal, or intended to bypass platform filters. That creator is strictly ug; they have "respawn" affirmations in all their tracks.

adjective

  1. Internet, not comparable Belonging to or characteristic of the underground subliminal community.

UG⁵

noun UGs

  1. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of universal grammar
  2. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of undergraduate

Ug⁶

proper noun

  1. humorous Popular supposed name for a caveman or other prehistoric man.

Thesaurus

noun

Similar: fright, sick, surplus

verb

Similar: loathe, sicken, pray to the porcelain god, throw up

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@misc{ug_2026,
  title = {ug},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ug},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}