ugh

[ ookh, uhkh, uh, oo; spelling pronunciation uhg ]

interjection

1. (used as an exclamation expressing disgust, aversion, horror, or the like.)

noun

1. the sound of a cough, grunt, or the like.

ugh

/ ʊx; ʊh; ʌh /

interjection

1. an exclamation of disgust, annoyance, or dislike

Word History and Origins

Origin of ugh¹

First recorded in 1670–80, of expressive origin

Example Sentences

No, we think, “Ugh, now who is gonna clean all the blood from the street!”

From The Daily Beast

That was a line when I read the script that I was like, ugh!

From The Daily Beast

How one ‘Angry Black Woman’ (ugh) revolutionized gay characters on TV.

From The Daily Beast

That kind of made its way to me and I was like, ugh, you people are ridiculous.

From The Daily Beast

But yeah, the people who went, “Ugh, how annoying,” probably forgot about it five seconds later.

From The Daily Beast

"Ugh, um," she sputtered, as some of the flour flew into her eyes and nostrils.

From Project Gutenberg

The furthest of those two poor devils stuck up there against the rock—ugh!

From Project Gutenberg

He gave him some stuff out of a little flasky bottle, too, and Greg sputtered over it and said “Ugh!”

From Project Gutenberg

You 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!

From Project Gutenberg

Me catch peacockses for you, ye lazy scutts—an' be sacrificed by the peasanthry—ugh!'

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• cry
• exclamation
• expletive
• insertion
• interpolation
• interposition
• shout