Word.ws English Dictionary

smh

smh is the alternative letter-case form of SMH.

Interjection capitalized: SMH

(Internet slang)

  1. (Internet, abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of shaking my head (used to convey disapproval).
  2. (Internet, abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of scratching my head (used to convey confusion or incredulity).
    • Hamlet: SMH. Who is going to be BURIED here?2015, William Shakespeare, Courtney Carbone, srsly Hamlet, Random House, →ISBN
  3. (Internet, abbreviation, excessive, initialism, usually) Initialism of so much hate.

Verb capitalized: SMH

SMH (third-person singular simple present SMHes, present participle SMHing, simple past and past participle SMHed)

  1. (Internet) to shake one's head.

Proper noun capitalized: SMH

SMH

  1. (Internet, abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Society for Military History.
  2. (Australia, Internet, abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of The Sydney Morning Herald.

Forms of smh

third-person singular presentSMHes
present participleSMHing
past participleSMHed
pastSMHed
alternative formsmh
alternative formsmh one's head

Phrases with smh

Questions about smh

What does smh mean?
Smh means to shake one's head.
What is smh the alternative letter-case form of?
Smh is the alternative letter-case form of SMH.
What part of speech is smh?
Smh can be an interjection, a verb or a proper noun.

Words near smh in the dictionary

  1. smFRET
  2. smFRETs
  3. SMG
  4. SMG2
  5. SMGs
  6. smh
  7. smh one's head
  8. smhed one's head
  9. smhes one's head
  10. smhing one's head
  11. SMI

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: smh (page history and authors); SMH (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.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “smh.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/smh. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.