What/how/why/where Etc The Hell? - Longman Dictionary

English English English - Japanese English - Korean English - Spanish Japanese - English Spanish - English English English - Japanese English - Korean English - Spanish Japanese - English Spanish - English English 日本語 Español latino 한국어 what/how/why/where etc the hell? From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishwhat/how/why/where etc the hell?what/how/why/where etc the hell?spoken not politeSURPRISEDANGRY used to show that you are very surprised or angryHow the hell are we going to do that? → hellExamples from the Corpuswhat/how/why/where etc the hell?• What the hell does the reaction matter if you want to do it?• What the hell was he talking about?• What the hell was she playing at?• Where the hell have you been?• Why the hell couldn't you have told us?• Wondering what the hell he's up to.• She admits there are no jobs and wonders what the hell she is doing. Quizzes Quizzes

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