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pfui

pfui interjection: an exclamation indicating disagreement or rejection of an argument; contempt.

Interjection

  1. an exclamation indicating disagreement or rejection of an argument; contempt
    • 'Pfui!' The captain spat. 'I've never met such a dumb sailor as you. So where do you think the old moon goes?'1981, Charles H. Kahn, The Art and Thought of Heraclitus, →ISBN
    • She liked Arschlochweh and adored Improvisation; but the Anatomiestunde and the bending and stretching she did not like. "Pfui!" she was disgusted, lifting her shoulders and spreading her hands like the Mandarin, "pfui! the old body!'1993, Samuel Beckett, Eoin O'Brien, Edith Fournier, Dream of Fair to Middling Women, →ISBN, page 14
    Synonyms:
    feh, pfaugh, bah, blech, bleck, faugh, faw, foh, fough, gaw

Synonyms of pfui

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Forms of pfui

alternative formphooey

Origin of pfui

From German pfui, also the source of phooey.

Questions about pfui

What does pfui mean?
Pfui means an exclamation indicating disagreement or rejection of an argument; contempt.
What part of speech is pfui?
Pfui is an interjection.

Words near pfui in the dictionary

  1. PFTAIRE
  2. pfte.
  3. pftes.
  4. PFTs
  5. pfu
  6. pfui
  7. pfund
  8. Pfund series
  9. pfunds
  10. pfus
  11. PFV

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