what, how, why, etc. in the world
informalused to emphasize your surprise when asking a question:
What in the world are you doing in the cupboard?
Who in the world could do such a thing?
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Linguistics: question words & expressions
- devil
- how about...? idiom
- how, what, why, etc. on earth... idiom
- in God's/heaven's name idiom
- interrogative
- shall
- what the blazes...? idiom
- what's the score? idiom
- what/where/how/why the devil idiom
- whatever
- when
- whence
- whenever
- where
- which
- whither
- whose
- why
- world
- would you like...? idiom
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