bleah

English

Etymology

Possibly connected with Proto-Slavic *bľьvati (“to vomit”) (Russian блева́ть (blevátʹ), Old Church Slavonic бльвати (blĭvati)), Ancient Greek φλύω (phlúō, “I'm spouting”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlewH-

Pronunciation

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Interjection

bleah

1. (slang, US) 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.
   • You bought that green station wagon? Bleah!
   • 2005, William Safire, The Ick Factor (in The New York Times, 25 September 2005)

     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. […]

Anagrams

• Belah, Hable, Haleb, belah, hable

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Romanian

Noun

bleah n (plural bleahuri)

1. Alternative form of bleau

Declension

Declension of bleah

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) bleah	bleahul	(niște) bleahuri	bleahurile
genitive/dative	(unui) bleah	bleahului	(unor) bleahuri	bleahurilor
vocative	bleahule		bleahurilor