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pfaugh

pfaugh interjection: an expression of disgust, contempt, disdain, or dismissal.

Interjection

  1. An expression of disgust, contempt, disdain, or dismissal.
    • Pfaugh! — the history of the day was done; but up-stairs, in my naked, noisy room, began a history of the night, which was much more frightful to me.1892, Thomas Carlyle, “Excursion (Futile Enough) to Paris”, in The Last Words of Thomas Carlyle, Appleton & Co., page 228
    • "They live in New York, and he had the effrontery to give me a dinner and ask all his collaborators to it, fat, paunchy men who smelled of money. Pfaugh!"1976, Robert Herrick, Waste, Ayer Publishing, page 55
    Synonyms:
    feh, pish, pshaw, pooh

Synonyms of pfaugh

Questions about pfaugh

What does pfaugh mean?
Pfaugh means an expression of disgust, contempt, disdain, or dismissal.
What part of speech is pfaugh?
Pfaugh is an interjection.

Words near pfaugh in the dictionary

  1. Pfarr
  2. Pfarrs
  3. PFARs
  4. PFAS
  5. PFASs
  6. pfaugh
  7. pfb
  8. PFBS
  9. PFC
  10. PFCA
  11. PFCAs

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