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Pronunciation varies by accent · interjection
an exclamation indicating disagreement or rejection of an argument; contempt.
'Pfui!' The captain spat. 'I've never met such a dumb sailor as you. So where do you think the old moon goes?'
She liked Arschlochweh and adored Improvisation; but the Anatomiestunde and the bending and stretching she did not like. "Pfui!" she was disgusted, lifting her shoulders and spreading her hands like the Mandarin, "pfui! the old body!'
He comes barging in here as if the place belonged to him. And intoxicated . . . pfui! . . . the disgusting pig!
Use pfui when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Pfui means an exclamation indicating disagreement or rejection of an argument; contempt.
Common synonyms include feh, pfaugh, bah, blech.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
'Pfui!' The captain spat. 'I've never met such a dumb sailor as you. So where do you think the old moon goes?'
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