different between gosh vs duh

English

Etymology

Euphemism (or minced oath) for God. First seen in 1757 as by gosh, probably from by gosse in Nicholas Udall's Ralph Roister Doister (circa 1553).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /????/
• Rhymes: -??

Interjection

gosh

1. (minced oath) A mild expression of surprise or enthusiasm.

   Gosh, I didn’t realize I’d cause so much trouble!

   Gosh, I’d love to go to that concert!

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:wow

Translations

See also

• damn

Anagrams

• GOHs, GSOH, GoHs, Gohs, gsoh, hogs, shog

English

Alternative forms

• der, derr
• dur, durr

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /d?/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /d?/
• (US)
• Rhymes: -??, -?

Interjection

duh

1. Disdainful indication that something is obvious.

   It's hot in the desert. - Well, duh!

2. Indication of mock stupidity.

   Duhhh, I'm Jasmine, I can't even tie my shoe laces right!

Synonyms

• obviously!
• doy
• no duh (Australian, American)
• no shit
• you don't say
• no kidding
• derp
• seriously? Nah (sarcastic)

Antonyms

• really?

Related terms

• d'oh
• huh
• oh
• ah

Translations

Anagrams

• HUD, Hud, UHD, hud

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?dux]

Noun

duh f

1. genitive plural of duha

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German tun, Dutch doen, English do.

Verb

duh

1. to do

Conjugation

Romanian

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *dux?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /duh/

Noun

duh n (plural duhuri)

1. spirit
2. ghost

Declension

Synonyms

• (spirit): spirit, suflet
• (ghost): fantom?, stafie, n?luc?

Derived terms

• Duhul Sfânt

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *dux?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dûx/

Noun

d?h m (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. ghost, spirit

2. spirit

Declension

Related terms

• dúša

Shabo

Noun

duh

1. breast

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *dux?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dú?x/

Noun

d?h m anim

1. ghost (spirit appearing after death)

Inflection

Further reading

• “duh”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Zhuang

Etymology

From Chinese ? (MC d?u^H).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /tu?/
• Tone numbers: du⁶
• Hyphenation: duh

Noun

duh (old orthography du?)

1. bean; pea; nut