ouch

Meanings

1. 1
   intj

   used to express sudden physical pain

   Ouch! That pan is still hot.

2. 2
   intj

   used to react to a hurtful remark or an embarrassing setback

   Ouch, that criticism was harsher than I expected.

An imitative cry of pain whose exact origin is uncertain. It is recorded in English for several centuries; some accounts also connect the modern form with German autsch or Pennsylvania German outch.

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