holy hell
Profane surprise expression
Holy hell is an exclamation expressing shock, amazement, or alarm: Holy hell, did you see that crash?
The phrase intensifies reactions beyond simple surprise, often implying something dramatic or extreme.
It can also appear as an emphatic object: They raised holy hell about the new policy—meaning they protested loudly and aggressively.
- wowCry of amazement
- profanityVulgar or obscene speech
- sacrilegeViolation of the hallowed
- blasphemyIrreverence toward the sacred
- exclamationForceful sudden utterance
swearword · intensifier · good grief · good heavens · divine · blimey · yikes · crikey · heaven forbid · hellfire · oh snap · damnation · heavens above · what the heck · oh my · son of a gun · for crying out loud · pandemonium
holy hellhow nice
Polite approval expression
how lovely · nothing special · same old · calm down · no big deal
holy, hell, holier, holiest, holiness, unholy, hallow, hallowed, Halloween