good grief
Exhausted, exasperated sigh
Good grief is a mild exclamation of surprise, frustration, or exasperation.
It serves as a euphemistic alternative to stronger oaths, with grief standing in for God: Good grief, not this again.
The phrase is associated with Charlie Brown in the Peanuts comic strip, giving it a somewhat old-fashioned or gentle quality.
- holy cowExpression of amazement
- oh myExclamation of surprise
- goshTame exclamation of surprise
- mercy meGenteel surprise exclamation
- crikeyMild surprise interjection
jeepers · for crying out loud · for Pete's sake · what the heck · wow · surprise · oh dear · oh brother · Charlie Brown · exasperation · facepalm · alas · typical · golly · bless my soul · blockhead · holy moly · Schulz
- oxymoronsbittersweet, deafening silence, pretty ugly, living dead, act naturally
- British Exclamationsblimey, bloody hell, crikey, cor blimey, strewth
- catchphrasescatchphrase, why so serious, cowabunga, yabba dabba doo, dy-no-mite
- exasperationugh, sigh, groan, argh, geez
- exclamationsoh, yes, no, wow, hey
- PeanutsCharlie Brown, Snoopy, Woodstock, Lucy, Linus
good griefwhat the fuck
Crude expression of bewilderment
holy shit · fucking hell · son of a bitch · motherfucker · Jesus Christ
good griefhooray
Exclamation of delight
yay · hallelujah · wonderful · fantastic · thank goodness
goodness, grieve, grievance, grieving, grievous, grieved, grieves, aggrieved, aggrieve