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good heav'ns

good heav'ns is the dated form of good heavens.

Meaning of good heavens

Interjection

  1. (dated, exclamation) An exclamation of surprise or shock.
    Synonyms:
    wow

Questions about good heav'ns

What is good heav'ns the dated form of?
Good heav'ns is the dated form of good heavens.

Words near good heav'ns in the dictionary

  1. good grief
  2. good guy
  3. good guys
  4. good hair
  5. good head on one's shoulders
  6. good heav'ns
  7. good heavens
  8. Good Hope
  9. good house
  10. good houses
  11. good humor

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Adapted from Wiktionary: good heav'ns (page history and authors); good heavens (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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