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Recent Examples of ugh
Ludwig Göransson’s original score victory (ugh, during commercial break) for the film conveys its technical strength heading into the guild part of the phase two season.
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Clayton Davis, Variety, 12 Jan. 2026
The Bruins of the (ugh) Big Ten Conference highlight the 2026 Rady’s field at Jenny Craig Pavilion, one that also includes Georgetown, Texas and Saint Mary’s.
—Ryan Finley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Dec. 2025
But Steve Bannon is going like, ugh, Jihadi, Marxist Bolshevik.
—Zoë Schiffer, Wired News, 17 Nov. 2025
The first date of the week is a group date for Nicolle, Geri, Robin, Amy, Monica B., Cindy, Terri, Cheryl, Carol … ugh this is getting exhausting … everyone except Debbie.
—Ali Barthwell, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2025
But the thing is, there are so many ways to talk about that feeling — like, ugh, men.
—Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2025
Sure, a little trash talk is part of football culture (or, in the case of NFL fans and Swift, straight-up booing her, ugh), but doesn’t the literal president of the United States have anything better to think about?
—Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 29 Apr. 2025
My 9/11 diary entry is written in a spiral notebook with a cartoon cat on the front and the next page says 'ugh Megan is mad at me.
—Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Mar. 2025
Clayton Davis, Variety, 12 Jan. 2026
The Bruins of the (ugh) Big Ten Conference highlight the 2026 Rady’s field at Jenny Craig Pavilion, one that also includes Georgetown, Texas and Saint Mary’s.
—Ryan Finley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Dec. 2025
But Steve Bannon is going like, ugh, Jihadi, Marxist Bolshevik.
—Zoë Schiffer, Wired News, 17 Nov. 2025
The first date of the week is a group date for Nicolle, Geri, Robin, Amy, Monica B., Cindy, Terri, Cheryl, Carol … ugh this is getting exhausting … everyone except Debbie.
—Ali Barthwell, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2025
But the thing is, there are so many ways to talk about that feeling — like, ugh, men.
—Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2025
Sure, a little trash talk is part of football culture (or, in the case of NFL fans and Swift, straight-up booing her, ugh), but doesn’t the literal president of the United States have anything better to think about?
—Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 29 Apr. 2025
My 9/11 diary entry is written in a spiral notebook with a cartoon cat on the front and the next page says 'ugh Megan is mad at me.
—Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ugh
yuck
Interjection
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The new iPad Pro marks the point midway between the way things were (Bezel? Yuck!) and the way they soon will be (Nothing but screen.—
David Pierce,
WIRED,
12 June 2017
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“Ugh.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ugh. Accessed 5 Feb. 2026.
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