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fash

British  
/ fæʃ /

noun

  1. worry; trouble; bother

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to trouble; bother; annoy

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of fash

C16: from obsolete French fascher to annoy, ultimately from Latin fastīdium disgust, aversion

Example Sentences

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I beg to differ, and I say to these worrywarts: Dinna fash yersel’.

From Washington Post • Apr. 28, 2023

But dinna fash, Roberts confirms that the “Droughtlander” will be brief, with Season 7’s 16 episodes just around the corner.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2022

"It was the fash," she tells me, using a slang word for neo-fascists.

From BBC • Nov. 2, 2019

When was the last time Ebony had a front row seat at NY fash week?

From New York Times • Oct. 1, 2010

‘I’m goin tell that Stranger I quit. Goin’ to throw a currycomb in Colonel Swishe’s fash ...

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes

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