pshaw meaning: definition, quotations

pshaw

intj

/ˈpʃɔː/ · /ˈʃɔː/

Indicating disapproval, scoffery, irritation, impatience or disbelief.

Pshaw! I can't believe it!
"Pshaw! Why do ye bother yourself wid texts, man, about so small a matter?" interrupted the landlady1823, James Fenimore Cooper, “chapter 13”, in The Pioneers:

3 more examples

'Pshaw!' Ralph muttered, forcing a laugh.1838 March – 1839 October, Charles Dickens, chapter 56, in The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1839, →OCLC:
"Have a care, cousin," he whispered; "for the sake of the Virgin have a care, for you have angered him." "Pshaw! fear not," the other answered in the same low tone.1891, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, chapter 22, in The White Company, New York, N.Y.; Boston, Mass.: Thomas Y[oung] Crowell & Company […], →OCLC:
Pshaw! And monkeys might fly out of my butt.1992, Wayne Campbell, Wayne's World:

Synonyms: pht, psh, pshh, phht, pssh, pssht, psht, pshht, feh, pooh, pish, bah, poh, c'mon, poppycock

verb

To express disgust or contempt by saying "pshaw".