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feh

feh interjection: an expression of disgust or contempt. Also the alternative form of pe.

Interjection

  1. An expression of disgust or contempt.
    • Kvola made a face. "It’s worse than an outhouse." She covered her nose. "Uh!" "It is" "Feh!" We all agreed and covered our noses. But Ma wasn't interested in our complaints.
      ...
      It smelled like rotten food, stinking bodies, and stale air. Feh!2005, Linda Glaser, Bridge to America: Based on a True Story, page 116
    • "A gangster. Feh! Disgusting” she said roughly grabbing Marty by the arm. "We go across the street."2000, Sidney Weissman, East Side Stories: Tales of Jewish Life in the Lower East Side of New York in the 1930’s, page 100
    Synonyms:
    pht, pooh, pshaw, pish, bah, poh, bleah, eww, ick, uck

Also used as

feh is also the alternative form of pe.

Synonyms of feh

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Origin of feh

Directly imported from Yiddish פֿע (fe).

Questions about feh

What does feh mean?
Feh means an expression of disgust or contempt.
What part of speech is feh?
Feh is an interjection.

Words near feh in the dictionary

  1. feghoots
  2. Fegley
  3. Fegleys
  4. feglymycin
  5. fegs
  6. feh
  7. Fehendhoo
  8. Feher
  9. Fehers
  10. Fehigili
  11. Fehl

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