ewwy

Definitions

Disgusting, nauseating.

childish, colloquial, often

Examples

““Ew!” she hissed. “I think⟳ what you do is ewwy!””

““Ewww,” Lexie said again. “Let’s stop⟳ talking about that.” “Good.” Tim smiled. “All right, let’s lie⟳ down, so I can watch⟳ when it happens.” Tim had already been lying down but had sat up when the conversation got “ewwy,” so he lay⟳ down again.”

“Maya Mae didn’t care about soap. It was stinky, yucky, ewwy, and pee-yewy and she never used it.”

“Ewwy, gooey, sticky, mushy / That’s what your mean⟳ words mean⟳ to me / Disgusting, slimy, snotty, clotty / Like⟳ a booger, I’ll pick⟳ you, blow⟳ you, and throw⟳ you away”

“I think⟳ the weirdest thing that just happened though, was that they summoned a long dead spirit to help⟳ them find⟳ Jericho. That’s just...ewwy. I mean⟳ don’t they know⟳ that children shouldn’t play⟳ with dead things?”

“The alimentary tract, also known as our gastrointestinal tract, involves the thirty feet of tubing from our mouth to anus; the liver, the gall bladder, the pancreas, and 100 trillion bacteria (ewwy).”

“You say⟳ that we’re spooky and ugly and creepy and crawly and icky and ewwy and downright gross.”

“Diver ran to the trash drop and looked down. “Ewwy,” she said.”

““So, Eliza, got any boyfriends?” I say⟳, acting like⟳ they are ewwy, yucky, gross. “Eww! Yuck! Boys are for losers!” she replies. “I don’t want⟳ a boyfriend. All they do is take⟳ your money.””

CEFR level