Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

for mercy's sake

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.10 in modern English

Syllables
for mer-cy's sake
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

intj

An especially mild oath.

Colloquial

Usage

Inflected Forms

for mercy's sake ! (canonical)

Synonyms

for goodness' sake for pity's sake FFS for Christ's sake for cripes' sake for crying in the beer for crying out loud for fucking out loud for fuck's sake for God's sake for heaven's sake for mercy's sake

Questions

What does for mercy's sake mean?
An especially mild oath.

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