argh

In imitation of a cry. Used since at least the 18th century.^[1] Compare ah, of which it could be a lengthened form.

• IPA^(key): /ɑː(ɹ)(ɡ)/, (natural exclamation) [ɑɹɣ], [ɑːɣː]

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• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)ɡ

argh

1. (onomatopoeia) Expressing annoyance, dismay, embarrassment or frustration.

   Argh! Itʼs already 7:15! Weʼre never gonna make it!

Any of the letters may be reduplicated, e.g. Arrggh!, Aaaarrrggghhh!, Aarrghh!

• blech

From Middle English argh, from Old English earg (“inert; weak; timid; cowardly”), from Proto-West Germanic *arg, from Proto-Germanic *argaz. Cognate with Scots ergh, argh, arch, erf (“timid; reluctant; unwilling”). Doublet of eerie.

argh (comparative more argh, superlative most argh)

1. (dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Timid; cowardly.

From Proto-Brythonic *arx, from Latin arca. Cognate with Breton arc'h and Welsh arch.

argh f (plural arghow)

1. (container) chest

   Synonym: kofer

2. ark, bin, coffer
3. (mining) hutch

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

argh

1. second-person singular imperative of erghi

• IPA^(key): /aʁɡ/, /aʁ/

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argh

1. (onomatopoeia) argh (expression of annoyance)

• arewe, arg, arghe, arwe
• areȝ, arȝ, arȝe, arowȝe, earh (Early Middle English)

Inherited from Old English earg, from Proto-West Germanic *arg, from Proto-Germanic *argaz. eri is a dialectal variant of the same word.

• IPA^(key): /arx/, /ˈarɛu̯/, /ˈarɔu̯/

argh

1. afraid, scared, courageless
2. scared, fearful, worried
3. base, wretched, lowly; worthy of contempt or ostracism.
4. slothful, unwilling, tired; lacking in energy or motivation.
5. Lacking in power or strength.

• arghly
• arghnesse
• arȝen, arghen

• English: argh (dialectal)
• Scots: argh, ergh, erfe, erf

• “argh, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 23 May 2018.

argh

1. amazedly; with a feeling of wonder.

• “argh, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 23 May 2018.

argh

1. (onomatopoeia) argh (expression of annoyance)