Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

for pity's sake

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.43 in modern English

Syllables
for pi-ty's sake
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

intj

for Pete's sake; An especially mild oath

Colloquial

Example Sentences

Usage

Inflected Forms

for pity's sake ! (canonical)

Synonyms

for goodness' sake for mercy's sake for heaven'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 Pete's sake

Questions

What does for pity's sake mean?
for Pete's sake; An especially mild oath

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