Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- interjection Used to express horror, disgust, or repugnance.
from The Century Dictionary.
- An expression of horror or aversion, usually accompanied by a shudder.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- interjection An exclamation expressive of disgust, horror, or recoil. Its utterance is usually accompanied by a shudder.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- interjection Used to express
repugnance ,disgust ,boredom ,annoyance ,tiredness , orhorror .
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Examples
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Oh, I know many of you may be rolling your eyes and saying "ugh" -- I'm sick of hearing about Kate's problems.
Kate Gosselin: It Was A BIG MISTAKE To Eliminate You On DWTS! America Will Regret It! 2010
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Oh, I know many of you may be rolling your eyes and saying "ugh" -- I'm sick of hearing about Kate's problems.
Bonnie Fuller: Kate Gosselin: It Was A BIG MISTAKE To Eliminate You On DWTS! America Will Regret It! 2010
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Of all the things that made me voice the syllable best transliterated as "ugh" - one of them was
Althouse 2009
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Plantation to me congers up the notion of ugh a job and nothing to do with a racial slur or insult.
WLNE - News 2009
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Plantation to me congers up the notion of ugh a job and nothing to do with a racial slur or insult.
WLNE - News 2009
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Plantation to me congers up the notion of ugh a job and nothing to do with a racial slur or insult.
WLNE - News 2009
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Plantation to me congers up the notion of ugh a job and nothing to do with a racial slur or insult.
WLNE - News 2009
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Plantation to me congers up the notion of ugh a job and nothing to do with a racial slur or insult.
WLNE - News 2009
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Plantation to me congers up the notion of ugh a job and nothing to do with a racial slur or insult.
WLNE - News 2009
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Plantation to me congers up the notion of ugh a job and nothing to do with a racial slur or insult.
WLNE - News 2009
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