Meanings
- Used to express repugnance, disgust, or annoyance.
Ugh! The bread in the pantry has gone moldy.
3 more examples
[...] It may have been a water-rat I speared, / But, ugh! it sounded like a baby's shriek.
1855, Robert Browning, Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came, section XXI"Ugh, what a smell of Christian blood there is here," screamed the giant.
1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 57Ugh, you can't take that bitch nowhere
2023, “Paint The Town Red”, in Scarlet, performed by Doja Cat - Used to express inarticulate vocalisations, such as used by a caveman.
The brothers surveyed the wide prospect earnestly. "Ugh!" said one abruptly and pointed. "Ugh!" cried his brother. The eyes of the whole tribe swung round to the pointing finger. The group became one rigid stare.
1921, H.G. Wells, “The Grisly Folk”, in Selected Short Stories, published 1958, page 291
Synonyms & antonyms
interjectionUsed to express repugnance, disgust, or annoyance.
Translations
Ancient Greek ψό
- ψό (psó)to express disgust
Arabic يَع
- يَع (yaʕ)to express disgust
Catalan uf, ecs
- ufto express disgust
- ecsto express disgust
Chinese Mandarin 惡心 /恶心, 呸
- 惡心 /恶心 (ěxin)to express disgust
- 呸 (pēi)to express disgust
- 啐 (cuì)to express disgust
- 哎呀 (āiyā)to express disgust
- 哎 (āi)to express disgust
- 噫 (yī)to express disgust
Czech fuj
- fujto express disgust
Dutch bah
- bahto express disgust
Esperanto aĉ
- aĉto express disgust
Finnish hyh, yäk
- hyhto express disgust
- yäkto express disgust
- hyito express disgust
French beurk
- beurkto express disgust
German igitt, pfui
- igittto express disgust
- pfuito express disgust
Greek αχ
- αχ (ach)to express disgust
Hebrew איכס, איכסה
- איכס (ikhs)to express disgust
- איכסה (íkhsa)to express disgust
- פוי (fuy)to express disgust
- פויה (fuya)to express disgust
Hindi अरे, उफ़
- अरे (are)to express disgust
- उफ़ (uf)to express disgust
- छी (chī)to express disgust
Italian che schifo
- che schifoto express disgust
Japanese うっ, わっ
- うっ (u')to express disgust
- わっ (wa')to express disgust
- げ (ge)to express disgust
- ゲ (ge)to express disgust
- げっ (ge')to express disgust
- ゲッ) (ge')to express disgust
Malay ee, isy
- eeto express disgust
- isyto express disgust
Norwegian Bokmål æsj, fy
- æsjto express disgust
- fyto express disgust
- uffto express disgust
Persian ایش
- ایش (išš)to express disgust
Polish fu
- futo express disgust
Portuguese agh, aff
- aghto express disgust
- affto express disgust
Romanian câh
- câhto express disgust
Russian фу, тьфу
- фу (fu)to express disgust
- тьфу (tʹfu)to express disgust
- фе (fe)to express disgust
- фи (fi)to express disgust
- бе (be)to express disgust
- уф (uf)to express disgust
Spanish puf, guácala
- pufto express disgust
- guácalato express disgust
- fuchito express disgust
- fúchilato express disgust
- ajto express disgust
Swedish usch
- uschto express disgust
Tagalog yak
- yakto express disgust
Turkish ıı
- ııto express disgust
Welsh ych
- ychto express disgust
Rhymes & wordplay
Anagrams
Cite this entry
ugh. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ugh
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