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Bleat vs Bleah - What's the difference?

bleat | bleah |

As a noun bleat

is the characteristic cry of a sheep or a goat.

As a verb bleat

is of a sheep or goat, to make its characteristic cry.

As an interjection bleah is

(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.

bleat

English

Alternative forms

* (Scotland)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The characteristic cry of a sheep or a goat.
  • Synonyms

    * (sheep's cry ) baa, baaing, bleating

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • Of a sheep or goat, to make its characteristic cry.
  • (informal) Of a person, to complain.
  • The last thing we need is to hear them bleating to us about organizational problems.

    Synonyms

    * (1): baa * (2): kvetch (US''), moan, whinge (''British ), whine

    Anagrams

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    bleah

    English

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • (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)
  • 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

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