Meaning

1 senses

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

Examples

3 sentences

  1. Argh! My computer froze up again.

    Тьху! Мій комп'ютер знов завис! — Internecivus

    ruТьфу! Мой компьютер снова завис! — MikaM

    deArgh! Mein Computer hat sich wieder aufgehängt. — landano

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  2. Argh, I was so embarrassed today. I wore my clothes inside-out.

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  3. "Hello, Harry!" "Argh!" "I'm leaving your stinky body!" "W-why?" "Because every day you're fapping to ponies — and never wash your hands."

    ru«Привет, Гарри!» — «А-а-а!» — «Я выселяюсь из твоего вонючего тела!» — «П-почему?» — «Потому что ты каждый день фапаешь на пони! И не моешь руки». — Ooneykcall

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Origin

From Middle English argh, from Old English earg (“inert; weak; timid; cowardly”), from Pro

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.

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Forms

more argh, most argh
Comparativemore argh Lesson
Superlativemost argh Lesson

regular

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
areaA2arenaB2argentineargonarguablyargueA2argumentA2

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