yeuchint.
/jɪəx/, /jɪˈəːx/, /jɪˈʌx/, U.S. /jiˈək/, /jiˈəx/ colloquial.
Used as an emphatic expression of disgust or distaste; = yuck int.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > hatred > dislike > disgust > exclamation of disgust [interjection]
foȝa1250
fie1297
faugh1542
ough1565
pah1592
pish1592
phah1593
paw1640
poh1650
sis1862
gick1905
ptui1930
stone (or stiffen) the crows1930
you wouldn't read about it1950
yeuch1964
barf1966
yuck1966
ick1967
yech1969
1964 Garfieldian (Chicago) 9 Dec. g6/5 The following movies were available in town:..‘Bachelor Tom and His Bikini Playmates’ (yeuch!),..and ‘Mary Poppins’.
1979 Beano 2 June 8/3 ‘Remember that special treat he made us last time he was here?’ ‘Thistle broth! Yeuch!’
1985 L. Lochhead True Confessions 11 Occasionally, you meet some bloke who'll give you this tripe About how, yeuch, he's repelled by the skinny model type.
1989 Mandy 28 Oct. 30 Yeugh! I'm being dripped on again.
2015 Sunday Express (Nexis) 1 Nov. 29 A gentleman should never (yeuch!) use a mobile phone in a public toilet.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
<
int.1964