ugh
Example Sentences
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The track is so unapologetically — ugh, cringe word, I know — Mexican.
From Los Angeles Times
The officer texted back immediately: “Ugh, got cold feet? Maybe reset and try again?”
They all seem fine, and Jonesy always says I can hang with them too, but… Ugh.
From Literature
“I…I just don’t know if I can do it. He thinks I can get ranked nationally. He spends all of his free time thinking about it and talking about it. It makes me sick to tell him that I really just want to play for fun. I feel like he’ll get upset or mad or—ugh—heartbroken. I don’t think I can stand to see the disappointment in his face. It might break my heart.”
From Literature
Welty balked at this suggestion, which would have undone a carefully constructed scene: “Ugh! How far could such ‘editing’ lead?
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
