different between ugh vs duh

English

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): [?x], [??], [?x], [??], [??], [?k], [?x], [??], [?k], [?], [??]
• , ,

Note: may be nasalized.

Interjection

ugh

1. Used to express repugnance, disgust, or annoyance.

   Ugh! The bread in the pantry has gone moldy.

   • 1855, Robert Browning, “Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came”, XXI:

     [...] It may have been a water-rat I speared, / But, ugh! it sounded like a baby's shriek.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:yuck

2. Used to express inarticulate vocalisations, such as used by a caveman.

Translations

Anagrams

• Ghu, ghu, hug

Manx

Interjection

ugh!

1. oh!

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish og, from Proto-Celtic *?uyom, from Proto-Indo-European *h??wyóm.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /u/

Noun

ugh m (genitive singular uigh or uighe, plural uighean)

1. egg

Derived terms

Mutation

References

• “ugh” in Edward Dwelly, Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic–English Dictionary, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, 1911, ?ISBN.
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “og”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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