fie
(used to express mild disgust, disapprobation, annoyance, etc.)
(used to express the humorous pretense of being shocked.)
Origin of fie
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How to use fie in a sentence
fie on frustrated feminists: If you are an Orthodox woman, you can have it all.
David Brooks In The Supermarket Aisles Of Judaism | Gershom Gorenberg | March 13, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe new movie Anonymous says Shakespeare was a fraud and has literary scholars screaming “fie!”
Oh fie vpon him, how he weares his cloathes!To see his friends, and returnd after Twelfetyde.
The Fatal Dowry | Philip MassingerJe suis une personne de parole, qui pourra faire reussir ce que j'avance, pourvu que l'on se fie a moi.
History Of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. VII. (of XXI.) | Thomas Carlylefie, fie upon the flaccid, castrated century, that has no other use than to chew over again the deeds of the past.
The History of Modern Painting, Volume 1 (of 4) | Richard Muther
fie, defile not thy fine workmanly fingers with the feet of kitchenstuff and basting-ladles.
fie, I scorn it, it shall never be cast in my teeth, that I was unthankful.
British Dictionary definitions for fie
/ (faɪ) /
obsolete, or facetious an exclamation of distaste or mock dismay
Origin of fie
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