God forbid
God forbid interjection: indicating that the occurrence of something is very undesirable.
Interjection
- indicating that the occurrence of something is very undesirable
- If, God forbid, there's a fire, head for the nearest exit.
- God forbid anybody get any real work done around here.
- Synonyms:
- heaven forbid, heaven forfend, absit omen, God forfend, lo aleinu
- Antonyms:
- God willing, Lord willing
God forbid meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Arabic
God forbid in Hindi
- don't let it be
- भगवान न करे bhagvān na kare, ईश्वर न करे īśvar na kare, अल्लाह न करे allāh na kare
God forbid in Urdu
- don't let it be
- اَللّٰہ مُعاف کَرے allāh mu'āf kare, اَللّٰہ نَہ کَرے allāh na kare, خُدا نَخواسْتَہ xudā naxvāsta, مَعاذ اَللّٰہ ma'āz allāh
God forbid in Bengali
- don't let it be
- খোদা না খাস্তা khōda na khasta
God forbid in Arabic
- don't let it be
- لَا سَمَحَ اللّٰه lā samaḥa llāh, لَا قَدَّرَ اللّٰه lā qaddara llāh, مَعَاذَ اللّٰهِ maʕāḏa llāhi
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- God forbid in Malay
- Tuhan melarang
- God forbid in Indonesian
- Tuhan melarang
Synonyms of God forbid
Antonyms
- God willing
- Lord willing
- Deo volente
- from someone's mouth to God's ears
- God willing and the creek don't rise
- gods willing
- hopefully
- knock on wood
- inshallah
- Lord willing and the creek don't rise
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Questions about God forbid
- What does God forbid mean?
- God forbid means indicating that the occurrence of something is very undesirable.
- What is God forbid in Hindi?
- God forbid in Hindi is भगवान न करे (bhagvān na kare), ईश्वर न करे (īśvar na kare), अल्लाह न करे (allāh na kare). See God forbid meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is God forbid?
- God forbid is an interjection.
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