as in oh
how surprising, doubtful, or unbelievable
pshaw! anyone else could have done that job in half the time that it took her
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pshaw
Interjection
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Uh oh, has the firefighter moved on and found love with someone new?—
Vlada Gelman,
TVLine,
13 Apr. 2025 -
And oh, the power play Imagine a recent season in which the Rangers, in a tie game, get three power plays over the final 9:14 of regulation, including a 24-second five-on-three.—
Arthur Staple,
New York Times,
3 Apr. 2025
Interjection
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Google Users Express Anger Over Data Loss Well, gee, thanks Google.—
Davey Winder,
Forbes,
24 Mar. 2025
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And gee if there were only a very effective way of preventing the measles.—
Bruce Y. Lee,
Forbes,
15 Mar. 2025
Interjection
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Having said that, hey did a good job building anticipation toward that moment.—
Alfred Konuwa,
Forbes.com,
20 Apr. 2025
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The woman who is dealing with the literal fallout from the incident is Louise Maske (Lyndsy Kail), insisting that hey, no big whoop.—
David John Chávez,
Mercury News,
16 Apr. 2025
Interjection
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Su trabajo ha sido reconocido con premios de Florida Society of News Editors y Society for Profesional Journalists.—
Nora Gámez Torres,
Miami Herald,
16 Apr. 2025
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Perhaps the dog butted in once and the humans laughed and made a fuss of the dog and the dog thinks, 'Ah-ha!—
Matt Robison,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Apr. 2025
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“Pshaw.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pshaw. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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