for God's sake

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for God's sake

/fə(ɹ)ˌɡɒdˈseɪk/
/fə(ɹ)ˈɡɒdz ˈseɪk/

interjection

An exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience. For God's sake, don't scare me like that!
Similar: FFS, for Christ's sake, for cripes' sake, for crying in the beer, for crying out loud, for fucking out loud, for fuck's sake, for God's sake, for goodness' sake, for heaven's sake, for mercy's sake, for Pete's sake
Indicating a heartfelt or urgent request. “For God's sake!—quick!—quick!—put me to sleep—or, quick!—waken me!—quick!—I say to you that I am dead!”
Similar: please

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intj exclamation of anger, surprise, or impatience

Español	por Dios, por el amor de Dios, pardiez
한국어	제발 jebal, 제발 바라건대 jebal barageondae
日本語	後生だから go-shō da kara, お願いだから o-negai da kara, 冗談じゃないよ jōdan ja nai yo
中文	拜託 /拜托 bàituō, 我的天啊 wǒ de tiān a
Português	pelo amor de Deus, por amor da Santa
Français	pour l'amour de Dieu, mon Dieu
Deutsch	um Gottes willen, Grundgütiger, Himmel nochmal, verflixt nochmal, Menschenskind
Italiano	per l'amor di Dio, per l'amor del cielo, per carità di Dio, per carità
Ελληνικά	για όνομα του Θεού gia ónoma tou Theoú, για το Θεό gia to Theó, για τ’ όνομα του Θεού gia t’ ónoma tou Theoú
Română	în numele lui Dumnezeu
Русский	го́споди бо́же góspodi bóže, ра́ди бо́га rádi bóga, ра́ди всего́ свято́го rádi vsevó svjatóvo
العربية	مِنْ أَجْلِ اللّٰهِ min ʔajli llāhi, لِوَجْهِ اللّٰهِ li-wajhi llāhi
עברית	לְמַעַן הַשֵּׁם lemá'an hashém

intj indicating a heartfelt or urgent request

Русский	ра́ди бо́га rádi bóga

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@misc{for_god_s_sake_2026,
  title = {for God's sake},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/for%20god's%20sake},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}