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😠 To express disgust 😠 Disapproval exclamation
to fie

to fie

4 9.9
To express strong disapproval or disgust in old plays
  • verb
  • /faɪ/
  • Archaic
translation icon : desaprobar
  • If you deny me, fie upon your law.

Examples

  • Fie on you deserting our captain in this way, you scurvy traitors, you Judas Iscariots, you snakes in the grass, wolves in sheeps' clothing!

    Captain Blood (1935)

  • Fie on you, Satan!

    Orgazmo (1998)

  • By Gis, and by Saint Charity Alack, and fie for shame

    Hamlet (1948)

  • Fie on it!

    Hamlet (1990)

  • These friends are sadly sure that I've changed (and fie on me for it).

    Blog text (9)

  • That seems to be the way she wants it, so that is how it will be. Too bad that the political life of this troubled country has come down to the personality of a twisted person. Again and again, we get these sickos for leadership positions. Fie upon it!

    Blog text (19)

  • Fie on you for betraying our trust.

  • Fie! Such behavior is beneath our standards.

  • Fie upon those who spread falsehoods.

Antonyms

to approve
∞ 1.6

To officially agree to something or think that it is good

to endorse
183 4.2

To publicly show support for a person or idea

How Disapproving

to berate
36 7.2
to fie
  • Archaic
4 9.9
to scold
55 2.2

Surface Forms

fie infinitive
fieing present participle
fies third person singular
fied past
fied past participle

Etymology

Fie as a verb comes from the same old cry; to fie at someone is to show disgust or treat them like an 'enemy'. That's why the verb means to express strong disapproval, often in old or literary speech.