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to blech

to blech

9.9
To make a short sound to show dislike or disgust
  • verb
  • /blɛk/
  • Informal
translation icon : expresar desagrado
  • Whenever he sees bugs in his food, he loudly blechs in disgust.

Examples

  • When she saw the moldy bread, she bleched in disgust.

  • The children all bleched at the idea of eating broccoli for dinner.

  • She couldn't help but blech when she tasted the spoiled milk.

  • I just blech at the thought of eating insects.

  • She couldn't help but blech when she tasted the spoiled milk.

  • Whenever he sees bugs in his food, he loudly blechs in disgust.

  • When she saw the moldy bread, she bleched in disgust.

Synonyms

to yuck
vsto blech
  • Informal
3 8.9

To show disgust by making a sound or a face

uses the same meaning but with a different exclamation sound
to eww
vsto blech
  • Informal
9.6

To make a short sound to show disgust

expresses stronger disgust through a more forceful exclamation

Antonyms

1.0

To feel happy because of something you do or see

902 3.4

To understand how important something is

How Disgusted

to vomit
148 1.0
to gag
5 5.1
to blech
  • Informal
9.9
to grimace
29 4.4

Surface Forms

blech infinitive
bleched past
bleched past participle
bleching present participle
blechs third person singular

Etymology

The word blech copies the noise people make when they really do not like a taste or smell, like ugh. As a verb, to blech is to make that noise to show 'disgust'.