ew
Expression of disgust or nausea.
Interjection
- Expression of disgust or nausea.
- Ew! There’s a fly in my soup.
- Ew! This peanut butter tastes disgusting!
Synonyms: ack agh argh bah barf bleah blech bleck bleh eugh eurgh ew eww faugh feh foh gah gack ick no pah pew phew poo
Origin
Onomatopoeic, ideophonic. Compare oh, ugh.
Forms
Related
Derived
Noun
- Obsolete spelling of yew.
Origin
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
- To express disgust (at someone or something) by saying ew.
- “Brad went into a seething rage, as you do,” said Jack “and followed Harvey out of the restaurant, down the road and …” / “… Killed him with a muttonbird,” added Matahina / “A brick, then a muttonbird,” corrected Jack,...
- “Yes. But why did she target me? I don’t understand.” / “I think it’s kind of fun.” Gen smiled, pulling out her own pack of Marlboros and lighting one. / “Ew, you would think it’s fun. Try having a stalker.” / “Don’t ew...
- Jayden […] showed them a large cache of vintage muscleman magazines. “Look at this. Look how hot.” […] “I’m gonna hang them up all over my room. My mom says it’s OK as long as they’re not showing meat.” / “Ew,” Ava...