ugh
(used as an exclamation expressing disgust, aversion, horror, or the like.)
the sound of a cough, grunt, or the like.
Origin of ugh
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How to use ugh in a sentence
Bulls put more emphasis on the ugh, so to sound more like a cow, concentrate on the E’s and R’s, he says.
No, we think, “ugh, now who is gonna clean all the blood from the street!”
That was a line when I read the script that I was like, ugh!
Jason Schwartzman Is the Nicest Jerk You’ll Ever Meet in ‘Listen Up Philip’ | Emma Myers | October 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHow one ‘Angry Black Woman’ (ugh) revolutionized gay characters on TV.
The Best of the Beast, Sept 22-28: Eric Holder and the President’s Tow Truck Driver | The Daily Beast | September 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThat kind of made its way to me and I was like, ugh, you people are ridiculous.
Is Elisabeth Moss the One 'True Detective' Loves? She Doesn't Deny It. | Melissa Leon | August 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
But yeah, the people who went, “ugh, how annoying,” probably forgot about it five seconds later.
Anna Kendrick on ‘Pitch Perfect 2,’ Drunken Horror Stories, and Singin’ Pharrell | Marlow Stern | July 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST"ugh, um," she sputtered, as some of the flour flew into her eyes and nostrils.
Patchwork | Anna Balmer MyersThe furthest of those two poor devils stuck up there against the rock—ugh!
A Frontier Mystery | Bertram MitfordHe gave him some stuff out of a little flasky bottle, too, and Greg sputtered over it and said “ugh!”
Us and the Bottleman | Edith Ballinger PriceYou come to feel as if you were dressed in skins, as if you were living in a cave and eating out of a trough—ugh!
Creditors; Pariah | August StrindbergMe catch peacockses for you, ye lazy scutts—an' be sacrificed by the peasanthry—ugh!'
Soldier Stories | Rudyard Kipling
British Dictionary definitions for ugh
/ (ʊx, ʊh, ʌh) /
an exclamation of disgust, annoyance, or dislike
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