out upon

interjection

Shame on; away with; curses upon.

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interjection

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  1. archaicShame on; away with; curses upon.

    Out upon you, dark witches of evil!

    1919, John Galsworthy, chapter 19, in The Burning Spear
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    You skie-ſtaring Cocks combes you: you fat braines, out upon you; you are good for nothing but to ſweat night-caps, and make rug-gownes deare: […]

    1599 (first performance), B. I. [i.e., Ben Jonson], The Comicall Satyre of Euery Man out of His Humor. […], London: […] [Adam Islip] for William Holme, […], published 1600, →OCLC, Act III, scene ii, signature K, verso

    Clown: Out upon him! prig, for my life, prig: he haunts wakes, fairs and bear-baitings.

    c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, (please specify the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals)]

    To be his whore, is witles; Out upon't;

    1613–1614 (date written), John Fletcher, William Shak[e]speare, The Two Noble Kinsmen: […], London: […] Tho[mas] Cotes, for Iohn Waterson; […], published 1634, →OCLC, Act II, scene iii, page 31

    – Out upon you, said I! I cannot bear you.

    1741, [Samuel Richardson], chapter 6, in Pamela: Or, Virtue Rewarded. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: […] C[harles] Rivington, […]; and J. Osborn, […], →OCLC

    Out upon them! that they should dishonor their own mothers by such teaching.

    1891, Arthur Conan Doyle, chapter 3, in The White Company

    Synonyms: a pox on, fie upon, to hell with

Synonyms & antonyms

interjectionShame on; away with; curses upon.

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