fie

[ fahy ]

/ faɪ /

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interjection

(used to express mild disgust, disapprobation, annoyance, etc.)

(used to express the humorous pretense of being shocked.)

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Origin of fie

1250–1300; Middle English fi<Middle French <Latin; compare Old Norse fȳ,Latin phy

Words nearby fie

fiducial, fiduciary, fiduciary bond, fiduciary issue, fidus Achates, fie, Fiedler, fief, fiefdom, field, field ambulance

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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|DAILY BEAST
The new movie Anonymous says Shakespeare was a fraud and has literary scholars screaming “Fie!”
Was Shakespeare a Fraud?|Chris Lee|October 18, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Oh fie vpon him, how he weares his cloathes!To see his friends, and returnd after Twelfetyde.
The Fatal Dowry|Philip Massinger
Je 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 Carlyle

Fie, 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.
The Mermaid Series. Edited by H. Ellis. The best plays of the old dramatists. Thomas Dekker. Edited, with an introduction and notes by Ernest Rhys.|Thomas Dekker
Fie, I scorn it, it shall never be cast in my teeth, that I was unthankful.
The Mermaid Series. Edited by H. Ellis. The best plays of the old dramatists. Thomas Dekker. Edited, with an introduction and notes by Ernest Rhys.|Thomas Dekker

British Dictionary definitions for fie

fie

/ (faɪ) /

interjection

obsolete, or facetious an exclamation of distaste or mock dismay

Word Origin for fie

C13: from Old French fi, from Latin fī, exclamation of disgust

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