Oh
[əʊ] or [o]
Definition
(interj.) An exclamation expressing various emotions, according to the tone and manner, especially surprise, pain, sorrow, anxiety, or a wish. See the Note under O.
Edited by Kelsey
Definition
interj. denoting surprise pain sorrow &c.
Checker: Thomas
Examples
- Oh, Providence is kind! Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Oh, I've been careful, I can tell you! Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Oh yes, Friday or Saturday next. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Oh, the dirty, vile, treacherous sod. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- He looked at her--oh, how fondly--as she came running towards him, her hands before her, ready to give them to him. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Oh, at six o'clock: he keeps early hours in the country. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Oh, Martha, can it be you? Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Mr. Letterblair tells me the financial question has been settled-- Oh, yes, she said indifferently. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Oh, I know naught of the work-a-day world! Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Oh, I do not mind singing, said Caliphronas, going to the piano; if the words of my songs were translated, you would find them very harmless. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Oh, I am very glad that your father had the good fortune to obtain a weapon. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Oh, my poor health! Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Oh, hell, I thought, do we have to argue now? Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Oh, all he longed, all he prayed for, was that I might live with him! Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- I was very much changed--oh, very, very much. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- We are, says Worcester's letter, only my readers must hold in mind that I am leaving out his lordship's ohs and ahs! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
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