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# ew

«ew» in Mova's school dictionary: **a sound people make to show disgust, when something seems…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

interjection (informal; also «eww», «ewww»)

### meaning for a pupil

(informal) "Ew!" is a sound people make to show disgust, when something seems dirty, smelly or gross. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ew/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

Very common in children's speech, chat and comics, especially in North America but now everywhere. It tells the reader that a character finds something disgusting, like slime, a bug or kissing. In writing, the more w's, the stronger the feeling ("ewwww"). Phrases: «Ew, gross!», «Eww, that's disgusting».

### examples

- Ew! There's a slug in my shoe! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ew/#x1)
- "Ew, gross!" said Chloe when her brother burped. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ew/#x2)
- Eww, this milk smells off. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ew/#x3)
- "They're kissing!" "Ewww!" [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ew/#x4)
- Ew, don't touch that, it's sticky. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ew/#x5)
- The class all said "ew" when the teacher showed the worm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ew/#x6)

### note

An interjection, not a full word; usually written with an exclamation mark. Pronounced like "eee-oo". Spelling varies (ew, eww, ewww). Similar: yuck, ugh, gross. It is informal, so not used in school essays except in speech marks.

### In the corpora

- [Lily whispered, «I think he likes you.» Maddie said «ew!» and then giggled.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/389-boys-who-look-at-maddie-oddly/3/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «ew» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ew/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.