in the world

Anywhere at all

In the world is an intensifier used with questions and negative statements to express bewilderment, frustration, or emphasis: What in the world are you doing? , Where in the world did you find that? , There's no way in the world I'm going to agree to this.

It's milder than in the hell and appropriate for polite company.

Related

being · exclamation · continents · globalization · disbelief · four corners · civilization · consciousness · biodiversity · spirituality · bewilderment · communities · confusion · out there · living · far and wide · ontology · history

Opposites
existence/presence

in the worldnowhere to be found

Entirely absent despite searching

nonexistent · nowhere · out of the picture · vanished · gone

spiritual/cosmological realm

in the worldin heaven

State of utter joy

beyond the veil · beyond the grave · out of this world · not of this world · in limbo

social engagement

in the worldcloistered

Sheltered from outside contact

in a bubble · detached · hermetically sealed · off the grid · unworldly

Family

world, the, worldwide, worldly, worlds, otherworldly, unworldly, worldliness, worldlier

Familiarity
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G