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dear Lord

dear Lord interjection: expressing strong emotion, such as teariness or frustration.

Interjection

  1. Expressing strong emotion, such as teariness or frustration.
    • Oh, dear Lord, how I do miss your po' sister! I never hed to ask her to git anything; she done it without askin'. She wor too good to live, she wor!1887, Mary Andrews Denison, Cracker Joe
    • We thought he must have been delayed... we thought... dear Lord, he can't be dead.1992, Kat Martin, Gypsy Lord
    Synonyms:
    wow

Synonyms of dear Lord

Questions about dear Lord

What does dear Lord mean?
Dear Lord means expressing strong emotion, such as teariness or frustration.
What part of speech is dear Lord?
Dear Lord is an interjection.

Words near dear Lord in the dictionary

  1. Dear John letters
  2. Dear Johns
  3. Dear Joy
  4. Dear Leader
  5. Dear Leaders
  6. dear Lord
  7. dear me
  8. dear Sir
  9. dear Sir or Madam
  10. dear Sir/Madam
  11. dear sirs

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