fie

[ fahy ]

interjection

1. (used to express mild disgust, disapprobation, annoyance, etc.)
2. (used to express the humorous pretense of being shocked.)

fie

/ faɪ /

interjection

1. obsolete.
   an exclamation of distaste or mock dismay

Word History and Origins

Origin of fie¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of fie¹

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

Example Sentences

Fie on frustrated feminists: If you are an Orthodox woman, you can have it all.

From The Daily Beast

The new movie Anonymous says Shakespeare was a fraud and has literary scholars screaming “Fie!”

From The Daily Beast

Oh fie vpon him, how he weares his cloathes!To see his friends, and returnd after Twelfetyde.

From Project Gutenberg

Je suis une personne de parole, qui pourra faire reussir ce que j'avance, pourvu que l'on se fie a moi.

From Project Gutenberg

Fie, fie upon the flaccid, castrated century, that has no other use than to chew over again the deeds of the past.

From Project Gutenberg

Fie, defile not thy fine workmanly fingers with the feet of kitchenstuff and basting-ladles.

From Project Gutenberg

Fie, I scorn it, it shall never be cast in my teeth, that I was unthankful.

From Project Gutenberg