the dickens
idiom
informal + old-fashioned
—used to make a statement or question more forceful
What the dickens do you mean?We'll have to work like the dickens to finish this project.(US) It scared/frightened the dickens out of people.(US) She's as cute as the dickens.
the dickens
interjection
as in the devil
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- the devil
- whoops
- (the) deuce
- gad
- zounds
- there
- oops
- gadzooks
- fiddlesticks
- ugh
- egad
- oh
- woops
- pooh
- hello
- my word
- gee whiz
- what
- ha
- hey
- gee
- well
- why
- phooey
- no
- lo
- indeed
- come on
- ah
- aha
- pshaw
- fie
