a bit ouchy
- adjective
- Informal
:
un poco dolorido
- Getting your ears pierced can be a bit ouchy at first.
Examples
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That scrape on my knee is a bit ouchy, but I’ll be fine.
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After the dentist visit, my tooth felt a bit ouchy all afternoon.
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My knee feels a bit ouchy after the fall.
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This chair is a bit ouchy for my back.
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Getting your ears pierced can be a bit ouchy for a few seconds, but it gets better quickly.
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After the dentist visit, my tooth felt a bit ouchy when I tried to eat something cold.
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That scrape on my knee is a bit ouchy, especially when I walk on it.
Synonyms
192
1.0
Having pain in a part of the body when touched
24
3.4
Sore when touched or moved
1
8.7
Feeling sore and in pain after a fall or bump
Antonyms
How Painful
Surface Forms
Morphology
a + bit + ouchy
The meaning is directly compositional: 'a bit' = slightly and 'ouchy' is a transparent adjective formed from the interjection 'ouch' + the productive suffix -y meaning 'causing pain'. A B1 learner who knows 'a', 'bit', and the idea of 'ouch' (and understands common adjective formation) can readily infer 'slightly painful' without prior exposure.
Etymology
A bit ouchy comes from the little pain word ouch. People say ouch when something hurts and make ouch into ouchy to describe that feeling, and adding a bit shows the pain is only small, so the phrase means 'slightly painful'.