Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bleah

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.29 in modern English

Syllables: bleah
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

intj

Expresses negative feeling. The quality of the emotion expressed is more negative than that of blah and has a slight feeling of disgust, verging on nausea.

American usage; Slang

Example Sentences

"You bought that green station wagon? Bleah!"
"Reviewing my list of ickisms - yuck, yecch, bleah, ew and ick - the linguist [David McNeill] observes, "Negative words having to do with disgust seem to be embodied in the experience of expelling unwanted, possibly poisonous, materials from the mouth. […]"

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Usage

American usage
Slang

Questions

What does bleah mean?: Expresses negative feeling. The quality of the emotion expressed is more negative than that of blah and has a slight feeling of disgust, verging on nausea.
Where does bleah come from?: Onomatopoeic.

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