ugh

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ugh

/ʌɣ/
/ʌ(ɡ)/
/ʌx/
/əː/

interjection

Used to express repugnance, disgust, or annoyance. Ugh! The bread in the pantry has gone moldy.
Similar: ack, agh, argh, bah, barf, bleah, blech, bleck, bleh, eugh, eurgh, ew
Used to express inarticulate vocalisations, such as used by a caveman. 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.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: argh, barf, blech, eww, exclamation, foul, gluk, god, grunt, hugh, ick, lomi, oof, phew, what, whew

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intj to express disgust

Español	puf, guácala, fuchi, fúchila, aj
日本語	うっ u', わっ wa', げ ge, ゲ ge, げっ ge', ゲッ) ge'
中文	惡心 /恶心 ěxin, 呸 pēi, 啐 cuì, 哎呀 āiyā, 哎 āi, 噫 yī
हिन्दी	अरे are, उफ़ uf, छी chī
Português	agh, aff
Français	beurk
Deutsch	igitt, pfui
Italiano	che schifo
Ελληνικά	αχ ach
Română	câh
Русский	фу fu, тьфу tʹfu, фе fe, фи fi, бе be, уф uf
العربية	يَع yaʕ
עברית	איכס ikhs, איכסה íkhsa, פוי fuy, פויה fuya

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@misc{ugh_2026,
  title = {ugh},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ugh},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}