"good grief" meaning in English

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Interjection

Head templates: {{en-interj}} good grief
  1. An expression of surprise or shock. Synonyms (surprise or shock): wow Translations (expression of surprise or shock): Déu n'hi do (Catalan), herranjestas (Finnish), mitä ihmettä (Finnish), mitä kummaa (Finnish), hyvänen aika (Finnish), mon Dieu (French), ça alors (French), bon sang (French), voyons donc (French), ach, du meine Güte (German), du meine Güte (German), ach, du liebe Güte (German), ach, du grüne Neune (German), ach, du liebe Zeit (German), herrje (German), Menschenskind (German), oddio (Italian), santo cielo (Italian), porca vacca [colloquial] (Italian), porca troia [vulgar] (Italian), cazzo [vulgar] (Italian), per la miseria (Italian), guarda un po' (Italian), hercle (Latin), kātahi rā hoki (Maori), kjære vene (Norwegian Bokmål), Deus do céu! [masculine, plural] (Portuguese), a Dhia nan gràs (Scottish Gaelic), caramba (Spanish), hostia [vulgar] (Spanish), caracoles (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-good_grief-en-intj-hMtVmmy1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English oxymorons, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 50 50 Disambiguation of English oxymorons: 49 51 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 49 51 Disambiguation of 'surprise or shock': 95 5 Disambiguation of 'expression of surprise or shock': 85 15
  2. An expression of dismay and disgust. Synonyms (dismay and disgust): dammit Translations (expression of dismay and disgust): bona pena (Catalan), mitä ihmettä (Finnish), mitä kummaa (Finnish), bon sang (French), um Himmels willen (German), um Gottes willen (German), che schifo (Italian), che cazzo [vulgar] (Italian), bonus dolor (Latin), kātahi rā hoki (Maori), yáadilá áwééʼátʼéego lá (Navajo), herregud (Norwegian Bokmål), valha-me Deus! (Portuguese), Que saco (Portuguese), por el amor de Dios (Spanish), caramba (Spanish), kära nån (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-good_grief-en-intj-3j5JvngM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English oxymorons, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 50 50 Disambiguation of English oxymorons: 49 51 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 49 51 Disambiguation of 'dismay and disgust': 5 95 Disambiguation of 'expression of dismay and disgust': 15 85

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    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "expression of dismay and disgust",
      "word": "caramba"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "expression of dismay and disgust",
      "word": "kära nån"
    }
  ],
  "word": "good grief"
}

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