ugh
[oo kh, uhkh, uh, oo; spelling pronunciation uhg]
- (used as an exclamation expressing disgust, aversion, horror, or the like).
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- the sound of a cough, grunt, or the like.
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Contemporary Examples
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
How 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 DriverThe Daily Beast
September 27, 2014
That kind of made its way to me and I was like, ugh, you people are ridiculous.
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’ PharrellMarlow Stern
July 24, 2014
Historical Examples
Ugh, ugh, ugh,—what a sad rage for novelty there is in this foolish world!
The Politician Out-WittedSamuel Low
I—I—ugh, ugh, I know what you want:—a consolidation and annihilation of the States.
The Politician Out-WittedSamuel Low
Ugh, winter in this place would be too dreadful to contemplate.
The Hound From The NorthRidgwell Cullum
"Ugh, um," she sputtered, as some of the flour flew into her eyes and nostrils.
PatchworkAnna Balmer Myers
For instance, the hole might have been too tight to let you through, and then—Ugh!
The Kopje GarrisonGeorge Manville Fenn
ugh
- an exclamation of disgust, annoyance, or dislike
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Word Origin and History for ugh
1765, imitative of the sound of a cough; as an interjection of disgust, recorded from 1837.
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper