Fie
[faɪ]
Definition
(interj.) An exclamation denoting contempt or dislike. See Fy.
Editor: Ryan
Definition
interj. denoting disapprobation or disgust.
Typist: Steven
Examples
- Out upon you, fie upon you, Bold-faced jig! Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Oh fie, Miss! Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Fie upon such a cattleyard of a planet! Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- People who had been crying fie about Mrs. Crawley were silent. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Fie, Captain Crawley; I shall warn Amelia. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Oh, you naughty boy, fie for shame, what do you do so far away from home? Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
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