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good heavens

/ɡʊd ˈhɛvənz/

good heavens interjection: an exclamation of surprise or shock.

Interjection

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

good heavens meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Tagalog and Arabic

good heavens in Hindi

good heavens!
तौबा taubā

good heavens in Urdu

good heavens!
توبہ tauba

good heavens in Tagalog

exclamation of surprise or shock
maawaing langit

good heavens in Arabic

exclamation of surprise or shock
يا سلام, يا يوم أبيض
More languagesFewer languages
good heavens in Malay
ya Tuhan

Synonyms of good heavens

Origin of good heavens

Possibly Inherited from Middle English good hevenes and God of hevene, from Old English god heofones

Questions about good heavens

What does good heavens mean?
Good heavens means an exclamation of surprise or shock.
What is good heavens in Hindi?
Good heavens in Hindi is तौबा (taubā). See Good heavens meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is good heavens?
Good heavens is an interjection.
How do you pronounce good heavens?
Good heavens is pronounced /ɡʊd ˈhɛvənz/.

Words near good heavens in the dictionary

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

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: good heavens (page history and authors); तौबा (Hindi) (page history and authors); توبہ (Urdu) (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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