Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- interj. Used to express mild annoyance, surprise, or disgust.
Wiktionary
- interj. euphemistic An expression of exasperation.
Etymologies
- A euphemism for Jesus. (Wiktionary)
- Alteration of Jesus1. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“i hope they change the music … cant stand opera. looking great though, but hopefully they dont pull a valve and delay again sheesh - _ -”
EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - The Super Smash Bros. Brawl Intro Movie
“I mean sheesh, which is worse being scorned but respected (Bush) or being laughed at and taken as a joke (BO).”
“The author, David Grann, is a New Yorker writer, which I suspect gives him great pull, but sheesh, that is the nonfiction big think bestseller crowd coming out in force.”
“You GET MORE AGRESSIVE in a downturn, sheesh, that is”
“The Massachusetts Democrat noted that a meeting on Capitol Hill on Thursday will be interrupted for a "photo op" at the White House with congressional Democrats and Republicans as well as Bush. sheesh aka Puck Mule Palin (20: 39: 33):”
“And that's even scarier. sheesh aka Puck Mule Palin (20: 08: 47):”
“And I would rather have something of Her Nothingness rather than nothing of Her Nothingness. sheesh aka Puck Mule Palin (18: 58: 48): reality check. you are forgetting that at least 45\% of the people in this country are not rational thinkers. they want to be fed their opinions. they want to be told”
“They will have her wired and feed her any information she needs while she delivers a boilerplate beginning and then finishes with some relevant information from the feed. sheesh aka Puck Mule Palin (18: 52: 18):”
“It just snuck into blog language for me along with "sheesh".”
“My grandmother used "sheesh" and "foof" as smurf-style all-purpose replacement words which could be used as any part of speech.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘sheesh’.
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one word exclamations
keep it rated G please, thanks!
( open list, randomness )zoiks, sheesh, gosh, shucks, jeez, woot, heck, thunderation, oops, gadzooks, what, hey and 90 more...
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Words that can be spelled on an upsid...
Imagine my joy when I was wearing my calculator watch and was first introduced to someone named Leslie - there was exactly enough room on the display for 317537.14.
Edit: I've discove...hi, hello, leslie, sheesh, she, bells, hells, hog, boss, goggles, he, bob and 233 more...
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Euphemisms for Curses
dang, darn, heck, shucks, shoot, dad gummit, dad burn it, gol dingit, sheesh, jeez, tarnation, consarn it and 8 more...
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Fun Words
Words that are fun to say....
gobbledygook, jings, crivens, hullabaloo, wheech, brouhaha, pizzazz, harum-scarum, namby-pamby, pussyfoot, frippery, pitter-patter and 333 more...
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Twitter favorites
The new favourite words of people on Twitter.
A script searches Twitter for "X is my new favorite word" and adds it to this list.
See also:
grabbable, retuiteando, leaving, fantastic, absolutely, kurwa, hella, ridic, underpass, hate, interlude, plush and 2369 more... -
stpeter's Words
abase, abasement, abashed, abdicate, aberrant, abeyance, abhor, abhorrent, abide, abject, ablation, abnegation and 3536 more...
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dickcherry's drivel
the words i'm thinking with
doing, boing, going, tincture, pingback, womenswear, jounce, wrack, a, ish, beeswax, thither and 97 more...
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Exclamations
lo and behold, okey dokey, sheesh, bloody oath, fuck me dead!
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favorite words
ennui, bonhomie, eschew, liaison, serendipity, lovely, dusk, kitten, epitome, sexy, beloved, darling and 396 more...
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Isograms
Words with each letter repeated the same number of times. The pattern of repetition is tagged: 1212, 1221, 121122, 122121, 121233, 122133, 123123, 123132, 123213, 123231, 123312, 123321, 12123434, ...
deeded, sestettes, geggee, appeases, caucasus, isis, cancan, intestines, mesosome, palpal, valval, mama and 154 more...
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exclamations
expletive, blimey, okey dokey, whatchamacallit, oops, ooh, sheesh, lo and behold, phew, golly, bam, yikes and 13 more...
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"letting go" words
words from the IE root orbh- and others words that change allegiance
orphan, robot, let, liege, allegiance, late, later, last, lassitude, alas, lenient, lenis and 41 more...
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minced oaths
expostulations which originated as euphemisms for a stronger, socially unsanctioned, word or expression
strewth, zounds, land sakes, jiminy cricket, gorblimey, drat, begorrah, cripes, doggone it, gadzooks, odds bodkins, sacre bleu and 78 more...
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Exclamation words!
Oh my!
gadzooks, wowsers, jinkies, wowee, eureka, hurrah, huzzah, tada, elementary, geronimo, timber, voila and 15 more...
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Triple Doubles and Other Multiples
inopportune, poussette, clapperless, shoelessness, didgeridoo, sheesh, storyteller, frontierless, slaughterhouse, enfeoff, plantagenet, blunderbuss and 32 more...
Tweets
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