English

Interjection

dear me

1. An expression of surprise, dismay, or indulgent disapproval.
   • 1922, Virginia Woolf, Jacob's Room Chapter 2

     "Dear me," said Mrs. Flanders, when she read in the Scarborough and Harrogate Courier that the Rev. Andrew Floyd, etc., etc., had been made Principal of Maresfield House, "that must be our Mr. Floyd."

Synonyms

• deary me
• dearie me
• good gracious
• good gracious me
• good heavens
• goodness gracious
• goodness gracious me
• heavens
• oh my
• tsk tsk
• tut tut

Translations

Anagrams

• dreame, meader, read me, readme, reamed, remade