ugh
/əː
/ /ʌx /exclamation informal
Used to express disgust or horror: ugh—what’s this disgusting object?...
- I would prefer to do it myself, but I can't at the moment, I know that… ugh, I feel disgusting.
- Afterwards, though, I headed back to my room and had dinner by myself from the room service menu - ugh!
- Yes, it can be totally inconvenient, and some aspects can be pretty uncomfortable (like killer cramps - ugh!)
Origin
Mid 18th century: imitative.
Rhymes
- nucleolate
- nucleolated
- nucleole
- nucleolin
- nucleolinus
- nucleolo-cytoplasmic
- nucleologenesis
- nucleoloid
- nucleolonema
- nucleolus
- nucleolysis
- nucleolytic
- nucleomorph
- nucleon
- nucleonic
- nucleonics
- nucleonium
- nucleopetal
- nucleophile
- nucleophilic
- nucleophilically
- nucleophilicity
- nucleoplasm
- nucleoplasmic
- nucleoplast