Meaning & use

Yech

interjection·Everyday

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Used to express strong disgust or distaste.

See it in a sentence

Yech, this milk has gone sour!

She wrinkled her nose and said, 'Yech, what is that smell?'

A note on using this word

Yech is an informal, spelled-out expression of disgust, closely related to 'yuck' and often used interchangeably with it.

Words with a similar meaning

yuckugh

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