Pshaw

//ˈpʃɔː//

Synonyms for "pshaw" (34 found)

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Closest matches (7)

Strong matches (10)

Related words (17)

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Translations

26 translations across 12 languages.

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Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • intj (indicating disapproval, scoffery, irritation, impatience or disbelief)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • dirlididi intj (indicating disapproval, scoffery, irritation, impatience or disbelief)

French

1 entries
  • peuh ! intj (indicating disapproval, scoffery, irritation, impatience or disbelief)

German

1 entries
  • pah intj (indicating disapproval, scoffery, irritation, impatience or disbelief)

Icelandic

4 entries
  • fuss intj (indicating disapproval, scoffery, irritation, impatience or disbelief)
  • fussum svei intj (indicating disapproval, scoffery, irritation, impatience or disbelief)
  • iss intj (indicating disapproval, scoffery, irritation, impatience or disbelief)
  • svei intj (indicating disapproval, scoffery, irritation, impatience or disbelief)

Japanese

1 entries
  • intj (indicating disapproval, scoffery, irritation, impatience or disbelief)

Malay

1 entries
  • cis intj (indicating disapproval, scoffery, irritation, impatience or disbelief)

Polish

4 entries
  • co takiego intj (indicating disapproval, scoffery, irritation, impatience or disbelief)
  • phi intj (indicating disapproval, scoffery, irritation, impatience or disbelief)
  • też coś intj (indicating disapproval, scoffery, irritation, impatience or disbelief)
  • okazać pogardę verb (to express disgust or contempt)

Russian

4 entries
  • тьфу intj (indicating disapproval, scoffery, irritation, impatience or disbelief)
  • фи intj (indicating disapproval, scoffery, irritation, impatience or disbelief)
  • фу intj (indicating disapproval, scoffery, irritation, impatience or disbelief)
  • фы́ркать verb (to express disgust or contempt)

Scottish Gaelic

3 entries
  • ab intj (indicating disapproval, scoffery, irritation, impatience or disbelief)
  • abab intj (indicating disapproval, scoffery, irritation, impatience or disbelief)
  • huds intj (indicating disapproval, scoffery, irritation, impatience or disbelief)

Spanish

1 entries
  • ¡bah! intj (indicating disapproval, scoffery, irritation, impatience or disbelief)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • intj (indicating disapproval, scoffery, irritation, impatience or disbelief)

Sample sentences

6 total sentences available.

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Pshaw, is that the best you can do?

Source: tatoeba (2093460)

Pshaw! I can't believe it!

Source: wiktionary

"Pshaw! Why do ye bother yourself wid texts, man, about so small a matter?" interrupted the landlady

Source: wiktionary

'Pshaw!' Ralph muttered, forcing a laugh.

Source: wiktionary

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.