the dickens
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.52 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
Used as an intensifier.
noun
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see the, dickens; (euphemistic) the devil.
Example Sentences
- "Why the dickens did he do that?"
- "It is cold as the dickens out here!"
- "I cannot tell what (the dickens) his name is my husband had him of, what do you cal your Knights name ſirrah?"
- "“[…] You’ll come in sight of the Martians I expect about half a mile along this road.” / “What the dickens are they like?” asked the lieutenant."
- ""That's it," I exclaimed, "--that's just the taste exactly, though I haven't experienced it since boyhood; but how can water from a flowing stream, taste thus, and what the dickens makes it so warm? It must be at least 70 or 80 Fahrenheit, possibly higher.""
- "“Who in the dickens are you?” the lanky man said. / “I am a genie,” the creature said. “I have been trapped in the bottle for ages. You have released me so you are my master.”"
Etymology
Phrases
Frequently Paired Words
Synonyms
the devil
ever
dafuq
in damnation
in God's name
in heaven
in heavens
in heaven's name
in hell
in seven hells
in tarnation
in the hell