Bleah vs Bleach - What's the difference?
bleah | bleach |
(slang, US) Expresses negative feeling. The quality of the emotion expressed is more negative than that of 'blah' and has a slight feeling of disgust, verging on nausea.
* ''You bought that green station wagon? Bleah !
* 2005 , William Safire, The Ick Factor'' (in ''The New York Times , 25 September 2005)
(archaic) Pale; bleak.
To treat with bleach, especially so as to whiten (fabric, paper, etc.) or lighten (hair).
* Ure
* Smollett
(intransitive, biology, of corals) to lose color due to stress-induced expulsion of symbiotic unicellular algae.
(uncountable) A chemical, such as sodium hypochlorite or hydrogen peroxide, or a preparation of such a chemical, used for disinfecting or whitening.
(countable) A variety of bleach.
An act of bleaching; exposure to the sun.
A disease of the skin.
As an interjection bleah
is expresses negative feeling. The quality of the emotion expressed is more negative than that of 'blah' and has a slight feeling of disgust, verging on nausea.As an adjective bleach is
pale; bleak.As a verb bleach is
to treat with bleach, especially so as to whiten (fabric, paper, etc.) or lighten (hair).As a noun bleach is
a chemical, such as sodium hypochlorite or hydrogen peroxide, or a preparation of such a chemical, used for disinfecting or whitening.bleah
English
Interjection
(en interjection)- Reviewing my list of ickisms - yuck'', ''yecch'', ''bleah'' , ''ew'' and ''ick - the linguist [David McNeill] observes, "Negative words having to do with disgust seem to be embodied in the experience of expelling unwanted, possibly poisonous, materials from the mouth.
Anagrams
*bleach
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(wikipedia bleach)Etymology 1
From (etyl) bleche (also bleke), from (etyl) .Adjective
(en-adj)Etymology 2
From (etyl) blechen, from (etyl) (English blake; compare also bleak).Verb
- The destruction of the colouring matters attached to the bodies to be bleached is effected either by the action of the air and light, of chlorine, or of sulphurous acid.
- Immortal liberty, whose look sublime / Hath bleached the tyrant's cheek in every varying clime.
- Once coral bleaching begins, corals tend to continue to bleach even if the stressor is removed.