English

Adjective

meh ‎(comparative more meh, superlative most meh)

1. Mediocre; lackluster; unexceptional; uninspiring.
   • 2003, steve-o, Jam On The River Mini-Review in rec.music.phish

     They redeemed themselves with this show. The first song or two was meh, but they were on fire after that.

   • 2006, Suzanne D., Recaps: Finals Week 8 Performances, 5/2/2006 in alt.tv.american-idol

     The voice is excellent as always, but the overall effect was meh until the end, where he became a little bit awesome.

   • 2006, FunkyM, Turned on RAW for the first time in forever last night... in rec.sport.pro.wrestling

     Nothing that was supposed to be big and exciting came off as such and the rest was meh at best.

2. Apathetic; unenthusiastic.
   • 2003, Dana, 10/18/03 Shows in alt.tv.trading-spaces

     Both shows left me feeling, meh.

   • 2004, jennifer, The FANtasia thing: I don’t get it... in alt.gossib.celebrities

     I’m a huge Clay fan, love Ruben’s voice, and have become quite a fan of Kelly’s, as well. Fantasia just leaves me feeling meh.

   • 2006, ettie...@hotmail.com, Steve’s impressions on random Genesis games in rec.games.video.sega

     I liked it but I wasn’t feeling it for some reason that day, again, I was feeling meh toward video games in general.

Translations

Interjection

meh

1. (slang) Expressing indifference or lack of enthusiasm.

   “What do you want for dinner?” — “Meh. I’m not really hungry.”

   “That film was awesome!” — “Meh. I’ve seen better.”

   • 1995 March 19, “Lisa’s Wedding”, The Simpsons:

     Marge: [weaving on a loom] “Hi Bart, I’m weaving on a loom!”

     Bart: “Meh”.

   • 2014 September 7, Natalie Angier, “The Moon comes around again [print version: Revisiting a moon that still has secrets to reveal: Supermoon revives interest in its violent origins and hidden face, International New York Times, 10 September 2014, p. 8]”, in The New York Times:

     Scientists say that while the public may think of the moon as a problem solved and a bit retro – the place astronauts visited a half-dozen times way back before Watergate and then abandoned with a giant "meh" from mankind – in fact, lunar studies is a vibrant enterprise that is yielding a wealth of surprises.

Translations

Noun

meh

1. (informal) A judgement marked by indifference; lack of impression.

Anagrams

• hem

Albanian

Alternative forms

• mef

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *meuska, from Proto-Indo-European *meuH- (compare Latvian maût ‘to sugmerge’, Czech mýti ‘to wash’).

Verb

meh ‎(first-person singular past tense meha)

1. to soak

Related terms

• muf

Kurdish

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian (compare Persian ماه ‎(mah), Ossetian мӕй ‎(mæj), Avestan mā̊, maoṅh), from Proto-Indo-Iranian (compare Sanskrit मास ‎(mā́sa)), from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s ‎(“moon; month”) (compare Albanian muaj, Armenian ամիս ‎(amis), French mois, Tocharian A mañ, English moon).

Noun

meh f

1. month

Related terms

• mang

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• (Ijekavian) mijȇh

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *měxъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mêːx/

Noun

mȇh m ‎(Cyrillic spelling ме̑х)

1. blower, bellows
2. goatskin, wineskin

Declension

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈméːx/
• Tonal orthography: mẹ̑h

Noun

méh m inan ‎(genitive méha, nominative plural mehôvi)

1. bellows

Declension