argh.
Expressing annoyance, dismay, embarrassment or frustration.
Meaning & usage
Expressing annoyance, dismay, embarrassment or frustration.
Argh! It's already 7:15! We're never gonna make it!
Where this word comes from
In imitation of a cry. Used since at least the 18th century. Compare ah, of which it could be a lengthened form.
Timid; cowardly.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English argh, from Old English earg (“inert; weak; timid; cowardly”), from Proto-West Germanic *arg, from Proto-Germanic *argaz. Cognate with Scots ergh, argh, arch, erf (“timid; reluctant; unwilling”). Doublet of eerie.
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