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goodness
[ good-nis ]
noun
- the state or quality of being good.
Antonyms: evil
- moral excellence; virtue.
- kindly feeling; kindness; generosity.
Synonyms: humanity, benignity, benevolence
- excellence of quality:
goodness of workmanship.
- the best part of anything; essential property; strength.
- a euphemism for God:
Thank goodness!
goodness
/ ˈɡʊdnɪs /
noun
- the state or quality of being good
- generosity; kindness
- moral excellence; piety; virtue
interjection
- a euphemism for God
goodness knows!
thank goodness!
Other Words From
- su·per·good·ness noun
Word History and Origins
Idioms and Phrases
- for the sake of
- god (goodness) knows
- honest to god (goodness)
- my god (goodness
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
And every time I saw myself in the mirror, it was like, “Oh, my goodness.”
“Oh my goodness,” he complains after a defensive letdown.
He’s 32, and bound to regress from last year’s 33-homer, 99-RBI numbers, but goodness, outside of Ohtani, did any other Dodger make a more consistent impact?
“She had written horrible things during the entire trial. She’s dead now, thank goodness, and nobody has to put up with that c**p she was writing all the time.”
She goes for walks on Laurel Canyon Boulevard, for goodness’ sake.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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