ew

Interjection

1. Expression of disgust or nausea.
   • Ew! There’s a fly in my soup.
   • Ew! This peanut butter tastes disgusting!

   Synonyms:

   ack, agh, argh, bah, barf, bleah, blech, bleck, bleh, eugh

Verb

ew (third-person singular simple present ews, present participle ewwing, simple past and past participle ewwed)

1. (ambitransitive, colloquial, rare) To express disgust (at someone or something) by saying ew.
   • “Brad went into a seething rage, as you do,” said Jack “and followed Harvey out of the restaurant, down the road and …” / “… Killed him with a muttonbird,” added Matahina / “A brick, then a muttonbird,” corrected Jack, to her horror. / “Ew!” she ewwed.2012, Simon Dodd, Death by Muttonbird: A Lord Howe Island Murder Mystery, Sydney, N.S.W.: DBMB Publishing, →ISBN, page 201
   • “Yes. But why did she target me? I don’t understand.” / “I think it’s kind of fun.” Gen smiled, pulling out her own pack of Marlboros and lighting one. / “Ew, you would think it’s fun. Try having a stalker.” / “Don’t ew me right now, Babe. Honestly.”2014, Babe Walker, “Get Off My Dick”, in Psychos (A White Girl Problems Book; 2), New York, N.Y.: Gallery Books, →ISBN, page 239

Noun capitalized: EW

EW

1. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of electronic warfare.