bahexclamation
uk/bɑː/us/bɑː/old-fashionedan expression of anger or disapproval
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Linguistics: sounds used as interjections
- aah
- achoo
- bam
- blah
- cor
- duh
- er
- hah
- humph
- oops
- ow
- phooey
- shush
- tsk
- tut
- uh
- uh-oh
- uh-uh
- whoops
- yada yada yada
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Examples from literature
- Ah, bah! —the bottle is empty!
- And the world?—Ah! bah!
- As for London—bah!
- Detective stories, bah!
- Simply because an occasional foreign professor gets higher pay—bah!
Idiom(s)
bah humbug