ugh

“Ugh, it’s going to be tough,” Zubac said, chuckling again.

When the sound then comes, you are so invested, you go “Ugh!”

Ugh, we're so glad you get it, and that you're not one of those women who makes everything complicated.

It also makes Nancy’s suspicions more difficult to disprove, hence the crawl-through-the-window plan instead of, say, unlocking an iPhone — ugh!

To be sure, there are those who like their mysteries dark and — ugh — “gritty.”