ug

U1G2
/ʌɡ/

noun

A feeling of fear, horror or disgust.

“He took an ug at's meht.”

CommonScrabble 3

Meanings

ug1

nounug (countable and uncountable, plural ugs)

plural ugs · alternative ugg · alternative oug

  1. Northern EnglandScotlandcountableobsoleteuncountableA feeling of fear, horror or disgust.

    He took an ug at's meht.

    Synonyms: dread

  2. Northern EnglandScotlandcountableobsoleteuncountableAn object of disgust.

    What an ug ye've myed yorsel.

    Synonyms: distaste, loathsomeness, revulsion, abomination

  3. Northern EnglandScotlandcountableobsoleteuncountableVomited matter.

    Synonyms: chunder

  4. NorthumbriacountableuncountableA surfeit.

    Synonyms: glut

ug2

verbug (third-person singular simple present ugs, present participle ugging, simple past and past participle ugged)

present singular third person ugs · participle present ugging · participle past ugged · past ugged · alternative ugg · alternative oug

  1. Northern EnglandScotlandobsoleteTo dread, loathe or disgust.

    Wha weds a cankert thriftless wife, / Weds to his days eternal strife, / For, like the Tron-Kirk bell, / She ever hammers on his lugs, / Till her an' hame at last he uggs / As the dire door o' hell!

    1822, Robert Wilson, “Answer to an Epistle from a Friend”, in Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect, page 71

    Synonyms: abhor

  2. Northern EnglandScotlandobsoleteTo fear, be horrified; shudder with horror.
  3. Northern EnglandScotlandobsoleteTo vomit.

    Synonyms: heave

  4. NorthumbriaobsoleteTo give a surfeit to.

ug3

nounug (plural ugs)

plural ugs

  1. CaithnessScotlandThe pectoral fin of a fish.

    Synonyms: pectoral

ug4

noun
  1. InternetattributiveoftenUnderground; specifically referring to the UGSC (Underground Subliminal Community) or content that is intentionally harmful, lethal, or intended to bypass platform filters.

    That creator is strictly ug; they have "respawn" affirmations in all their tracks.

adjectiveug (not comparable)
  1. Internetnot comparableBelonging to or characteristic of the underground subliminal community.

UG5

nounUG (countable and uncountable, plural UGs)

plural UGs

  1. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of universal grammar.
  2. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of undergraduate.

Ug6

proper noun
  1. humorousPopular supposed name for a caveman or other prehistoric man.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA feeling of fear, horror or disgust.

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nounAn object of disgust.

nounVomited matter.

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nounA surfeit.

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verbTo dread, loathe or disgust.

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verbTo vomit.

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nounThe pectoral fin of a fish.

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Origin

ug · noun

  1. Old Norseuggr“fear, apprehension, dread”
  2. Middle Englishugge
  3. Englishug

From Middle English ugge, from Old Norse uggr (“fear, apprehension, dread”), related to Old Norse ógn (“terror, threat, dispute”) and agi (“terror, strife, fear, punishment”). More at awe.

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ug · verb

  1. Old Norseugga“to fear”
  2. Middle Englishuggen
  3. Englishug

From Middle English uggen, from Old Norse ugga (“to fear”), see above.

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ug · noun

  1. Icelandicuggi“fin”
  2. Englishug

From Icelandic uggi (“fin”).

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ug · noun, adjective

Initialism of underground.

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Rhymes & wordplay

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APA

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“ug.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ug. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

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