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faugh

/fɔː/

faugh interjection: an exclamation of contempt, or of disgust, especially for a smell.

Interjection

  1. (dated) An exclamation of contempt, or of disgust, especially for a smell.
    • Bian[ca]. I am no ſtrumpet, but of life as honeſt, / As you, that thus abuſe me. / Em[ilia]. As I: fough, fie vpon thee.c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Tragœdy of Othello, the Moore of Venice. […] (First Quarto), London: […] N[icholas] O[kes] for Thomas Walkley, […], published 1622, →OCLC, [Act...
    • Faugh! how it stinks! It doth not smell like a Christian.1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    yuck, bah, ack, agh, argh, barf, bleah, blech, bleck, bleh

faugh meaning in Tamil

faugh in Tamil

இகழ்ச்சிக்குறிப்பு

Examples of faugh in a sentence

  • The very scent of the carrion—faugh—reached my nostrils at the distance where we stood.1900 Mary Harriott Norris (editor), 1823 Walter Scott (author), Quentin Durward, American Book Company, page 24
  • Faugh, your civilized man is more brutal than the brutes.[…]”1913 June–December, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “The Countess Explains”, in The Return of Tarzan, New York, N.Y.: A[lbert] L[evi] Burt Company...
  • The orthodox religious world says faugh! to sex.1922, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, “Introduction”, in Fantasia of the Unconscious, New York, N.Y.: Thomas Seltzer, →OCLC, page 4:
  • […] The thought was a bitter one, and I don't suppose I have ever come closer to saying ‘Faugh!’1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter VII, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC:

Synonyms of faugh

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Forms of faugh

alternative formfaw
alternative form (obsolete)fough

Origin of faugh

Onomatopoeic.

Words that rhyme with faugh

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Questions about faugh

What does faugh mean?
Faugh means an exclamation of contempt, or of disgust, especially for a smell.
What is faugh in Tamil?
Faugh in Tamil is இகழ்ச்சிக்குறிப்பு. See Faugh meaning in Tamil.
How do you use faugh in a sentence?
The very scent of the carrion—faugh—reached my nostrils at the distance where we stood.
What part of speech is faugh?
Faugh is an interjection.
How do you pronounce faugh?
Faugh is pronounced /fɔː/.

Words near faugh in the dictionary

  1. faucism
  2. faucist
  3. faucists
  4. faucitis
  5. faudes
  6. faugh
  7. Faughn
  8. Faughnan
  9. Faughnans
  10. Faughns
  11. Faught

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Adapted from Wiktionary: faugh (page history and authors); faugh (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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