ugh

ugh

[ookh, uhkh, uh, oo; spelling pronunciation uhg]
interjection
1.
(used as an exclamation expressing disgust, aversion, horror, or the like).
noun
2.
the sound of a cough, grunt, or the like.
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ugh (ʊx, ʊh, ʌh) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
interj
an exclamation of disgust, annoyance, or dislike

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Ugh is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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ugh
1765, imitative of the sound of a cough; as an interjection of disgust, recorded from 1837.
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