gracious
exclamation /ˈɡreɪ.ʃəs/ old-fashionedDefinition
› used to express surprise or to emphasize what is being said: Gracious (me)/Good gracious (me), I never thought he'd do that!Expressions of surprise
(Definition of gracious exclamation from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- (really) take the biscuit idiom
- actually adverb (SURPRISE)
- believe verb
- bingo exclamation
- bless my soul! idiom
- blimey exclamation
- by gum! idiom
- deuce noun
- how about that? idiom
- I ask you! idiom
- I declare idiom
- I'll be a monkey's uncle! idiom
- I'll be blowed! idiom
- of all people/things/places idiom
- omg
- shock, horror! idiom
- speak/talk of the devil idiom
- ye gods! idiom
- you could have knocked me down/over with a feather idiom
- you don't say! idiom
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Expressions of surprise
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