ew
/ˈiː.uː/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.58 in modern English
5
Scrabble Score
2
Letters
1
Syllables
2
Unique Chars
Meaning
intj
Expression of disgust or nausea.
noun
Example Sentences
- "Ew! There’s a fly in my soup."
- "Ew! This peanut butter tastes disgusting!"
- "“Brad went into a seething rage, as you do,” said Jack “and followed Harvey out of the restaurant, down the road and …” / “… Killed him with a muttonbird,” added Matahina / “A brick, then a muttonbird,” corrected Jack, to her horror. / “Ew!” she ewwed."
- "“Yes. But why did she target me? I don’t understand.” / “I think it’s kind of fun.” Gen smiled, pulling out her own pack of Marlboros and lighting one. / “Ew, you would think it’s fun. Try having a stalker.” / “Don’t ew me right now, Babe. Honestly.”"
- "Jayden […] showed them a large cache of vintage muscleman magazines. “Look at this. Look how hot.” […] “I’m gonna hang them up all over my room. My mom says it’s OK as long as they’re not showing meat.” / “Ew,” Ava said. / “I don’t ew the shit you like,” Jayden retorted. / “You ew girls all the time,” Ava said dismissively. “And I just meant ew to calling it ‘meat.’”"
Etymology
Usage
Inflected Forms
eww (alternative)
euw (alternative)
ieuw (alternative)
ehw (alternative)
ews (present, singular)
ewwing (participle, present)
ewwed (participle, past)
ewwed (past)