fie
Americaninterjection
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(used to express mild disgust, disapprobation, annoyance, etc.)
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(used to express the humorous pretense of being shocked.)
interjection
Etymology
Origin of fie
1250–1300; Middle English fi < Middle French < Latin; compare Old Norse fȳ, Latin phy
Example Sentences
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Fie, his very locomotion is a riddle: “I break into a jog, something close to a full sprint.”
From The New Yorker • Jun. 5, 2018
PS: Fie on you, White House president of the board of directors!
From New York Times • Apr. 20, 2018
After nagging one of his fellow patrons to borrow a diamond-encrusted snuff box, the owner succumbed, but not before scribbling in its lid the Greek letters phi and rho, or "Fie, Rowe!"
From BBC • Jan. 16, 2013
I felt similarly when Violet was born five days later and another perfectly nice nurse presented us with the hospital’s certificate to commemorate her birth, on which there was no mention of Fie.
From New York Times • Dec. 31, 2010
Fie had run several blocks toward his sister-in-law’s when he came to a place where the sidewalk was jammed with people.
From "The Great Fire" by Jim Murphy
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