fie

Old disapproval cry

Fie is an old-fashioned or historical exclamation that expresses disapproval or disgust.

In modern use it is mainly humorous or ironic.

interjection

pish

Interjection expressing disdain

  • tutDisapproving exclamation
  • bahContemptuous interjection
  • pfftScoffing exhalation

pooh · humph · tush · ugh · pshaw · phooey · boo · shame

reproach

shame

Painful awareness of failure

chiding · scolding · censure · reprimand · reproving · tutting · wagging · clucking · tsk · remonstrance

disgust

revulsion

Intense physical disgust

distaste · aversion · nauseating · odious · foul · unseemly · impropriety · indecency · scandalous

archaic

forsooth

Archaic emphatic affirmation

gadzooks · alack · alas · marry · odds · hark · verily · nay · anon · methinks

Categories
Opposites
approval/disapproval exclamation

fiebravo

Acclaim for performers

hurrah · huzzah · hooray · yay · hurray

register/era of exclamation

fieyuck

Disgust exclamation

ew · gross · ugh · eww · disgusting

archaic register

fiehuzzah

Exclamation of triumph

forsooth · prithee · lo · verily · egad

Family

defied, defies, fiefdom, fief, defier, defiers

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Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated G