intj
Meaning 1
Indicating disapproval, scoffery, irritation, impatience or disbelief.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Pshaw! I can't believe it!
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
pshaw
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈpʃɔː/
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pshô
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/ˈʃɔː/
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shô
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rhymes with -ɔː
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CMU ARPABET: P SH AW1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
verb
Meaning 2
To express disgust or contempt by saying "pshaw".
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
27 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 呸 (pēi) — indicating disapproval, scoffery, irritation, impatience or disbelief
- Esperanto: dirlididi — indicating disapproval, scoffery, irritation, impatience or disbelief
- French: peuh ! — indicating disapproval, scoffery, irritation, impatience or disbelief
- German: pah — indicating disapproval, scoffery, irritation, impatience or disbelief
- Hebrew: פשש — indicating disapproval, scoffery, irritation, impatience or disbelief
- Icelandic: svei — indicating disapproval, scoffery, irritation, impatience or disbelief
- Icelandic: iss — indicating disapproval, scoffery, irritation, impatience or disbelief
- Icelandic: uss — indicating disapproval, scoffery, irritation, impatience or disbelief
- Icelandic: fuss — indicating disapproval, scoffery, irritation, impatience or disbelief
- Icelandic: fussum svei — indicating disapproval, scoffery, irritation, impatience or disbelief
- Japanese: げ (ge) — indicating disapproval, scoffery, irritation, impatience or disbelief
- Malay: cis — indicating disapproval, scoffery, irritation, impatience or disbelief
- Polish: też coś — indicating disapproval, scoffery, irritation, impatience or disbelief
- Polish: co takiego — indicating disapproval, scoffery, irritation, impatience or disbelief
- Polish: phi — indicating disapproval, scoffery, irritation, impatience or disbelief
- Russian: тьфу (tʹfu) — indicating disapproval, scoffery, irritation, impatience or disbelief
- Russian: фу (fu) — indicating disapproval, scoffery, irritation, impatience or disbelief
- Russian: фи (fi) — indicating disapproval, scoffery, irritation, impatience or disbelief
- Scottish Gaelic: ab — indicating disapproval, scoffery, irritation, impatience or disbelief
- Scottish Gaelic: abab — indicating disapproval, scoffery, irritation, impatience or disbelief
- Scottish Gaelic: huds — indicating disapproval, scoffery, irritation, impatience or disbelief
- Spanish: ¡bah! — indicating disapproval, scoffery, irritation, impatience or disbelief
- Vietnamese: xì — indicating disapproval, scoffery, irritation, impatience or disbelief
- Polish: okazywać pogardę — to express disgust or contempt
- Polish: okazać pogardę — to express disgust or contempt
- Russian: фы́ркать (fýrkatʹ) — to express disgust or contempt
- Russian: фы́ркнуть (fýrknutʹ) — to express disgust or contempt