huh

Intj

• Used to express doubt or confusion.
• Used to express amusement or subtle surprise.
• Used to reinforce a question.
• Used either to belittle the issuer of a statement/question, or sarcastically to indicate utter agreement, and that the statement being responded to is an extreme understatement. The intonation is changed to distinguish between the two meanings - implied dullness for belittlement, and feigned surprise for utter agreement.
• Used to indicate that one did not hear what was said.
• Used to create a tag question.
• Representing the sound of heavy breathing.
• Representing a chuckling sound.
• A kiai, shouted as a limb is swung in attack.

Interjection

• Used to express surprise, confusion, or to ask for repetition.

Examples

• "HUH?" he exclaimed when his opponent played ’QUAGMIRE’ using only two existing letters.
• (agreement) A: "Murder is bad." B: "Huh!"
• (belittlement) A: "We should go to an amusement park, it would be fun." B: "Huh."
• Huh! I'm sure I locked it when I left.
• Huh? Could you speak up?
• Huh? Where did they go?
• It's getting kind of late, huh?
• Where were you last night? Huh?

Synonyms

come again, pardon, what