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ouchy

ouchy adjective: painful, hurtful; that is expressed by the word ouch.

Adjective

ouchy (comparative more ouchy, superlative most ouchy)

  1. (colloquial) Painful, hurtful; that is expressed by the word ouch.
    • This is ouchy pain like breaking your leg, not heartache pain like when 'N Sync broke up and left me with nothing.2015, Joel Marsh, UX for Beginners: A Crash Course in 100 Short Lessons

Proper noun capitalized: Ouchy

Ouchy

  1. A lakeside resort near Lausanne, Vaud canton, Switzerland.

Forms of ouchy

comparativemore ouchy
superlativemost ouchy

Origin of ouchy

From ouch + -y.

Questions about ouchy

What does ouchy mean?
Ouchy means painful, hurtful; that is expressed by the word ouch.
What part of speech is ouchy?
Ouchy can be an adjective or a proper noun.

Words near ouchy in the dictionary

  1. ouchie
  2. ouchies
  3. ouching
  4. Ouchis
  5. ouchless
  6. ouchy
  7. oud
  8. oud bruin
  9. oud bruins
  10. oudda
  11. Oude

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