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Definition of ugh exclamation from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

ugh

exclamation

/ɜː/,

/ʊx/

/ɜː/,

/ʊx/

(also urgh)

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the way of writing the sound that people make when they think that something is horrible
- Ugh! How can you eat that stuff?
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Word Originmid 18th cent.: imitative.

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