Russian · Insults
Урод!
urod
oo-ROHT · /ʊˈrot/
Freak / bastard / ugly piece of work
3/5 Watch your audience
genuinely rude; friends only, never at work
Literally
"A deformed one / freak"
Word-for-word — which is rarely what it means.
How to use it
Literally a physical monstrosity, but used morally — a person whose behavior is grotesque. "Moral'ny urod" (moral freak) is a fixed phrase for someone ethically deformed. Genuinely rude; you're calling them subhuman. Not for joking with strangers.
Heard in the wild
Кто пнул собаку? Вот урод.
Who kicked the dog? What a freak.
Where it lands
Russia (universal)
Quick answers
- What does "Урод!" mean?
- In Russian, "Урод!" means "Freak / bastard / ugly piece of work". Literally it's "A deformed one / freak". Literally a physical monstrosity, but used morally — a person whose behavior is grotesque. "Moral'ny urod" (moral freak) is a fixed phrase for someone ethically deformed. Genuinely rude; you're calling them subhuman. Not for joking with strangers.
- Is "Урод!" offensive?
- It's genuinely rude — a 3/5 (Watch your audience) on the Punch-o-Meter. Fine among friends, never at work or with people you've just met.
- How do you pronounce "Урод!"?
- Say it "oo-ROHT" — capitals mark the stressed syllable. In IPA: ʊˈrot.
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