Ahem

/əˈhɛm/

Synonyms for "ahem" (10 found)

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Closest matches (2)

Interjection(2 words)
attention cueclearing throat

Strong matches (3)

Noun(2 words)
Interjection(1 words)
filler cue

Related words (5)

Interjection(2 words)
hedge markerpreface cue
Noun(2 words)
Intj(1 words)

Related word relations

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3 relation types

More general

6 entries
discourse markerhedging deviceinterjectionpragmatic markerutterancevocalization

More specific

4 entries
attention cuemitigated remarkpreface cuepreparatory interjection

Collocations

6 entries
attention cuediscourse markerhedge markerpreface to remarkpreparatory interjectionthroat clearing

Translations

10 translations across 6 languages.

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Czech

1 entries
  • ehm intj (onomatopoeia)

Finnish

1 entries
  • kröhöm intj (onomatopoeia)

Greek

2 entries
  • γκουχ intj (onomatopoeia)
  • γκούχου intj (onomatopoeia)

Japanese

3 entries
  • げほげほ intj (onomatopoeia)
  • コホン intj (onomatopoeia)
  • ゴホン intj (onomatopoeia)

Tagalog

2 entries
  • ehem intj (onomatopoeia)
  • tikhim intj (onomatopoeia)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • e hèm intj (onomatopoeia)

Sample sentences

7 total sentences available.

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Ahem! Could we please get started?

Source: wiktionary

Enter Nobody, and the Clowne. / Nobody. Ahem boy, Nobody is ſound yet for all his troubles.

Source: wiktionary

Ahem! In case you didn't notice, I did my share of the work, too.

Source: wiktionary

I really (ahem!) liked the chocolate broccoli surprise.

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