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# jeez

«jeez» in Mova's school dictionary: **a cry of surprise, annoyance or shock, a short stand-in…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

phrase (interjection; also spelt geez, jeeze)

### meaning for a pupil

(euphemism, everyday) a cry of surprise, annoyance or shock, a short stand-in for «Jesus». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jeez/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

Very common in casual speech and chat to show feeling; milder than swearing, but some religious people still find it disrespectful. Register: everyday, casual; all regions.

### examples

- Jeez, you scared me! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jeez/#x1)
- Jeez, it's hot today. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jeez/#x2)
- Chat: jeez calm down [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jeez/#x3)
- Jeez, how many times do I have to tell you? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jeez/#x4)
- Jeez, that's a lot of money for a sandwich. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jeez/#x5)
- Oh jeez, I left my keys inside. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jeez/#x6)

### note

Spellings vary: jeez, geez. It can sound rude to some religious people or to teachers if said in annoyance. Plain meaning: «Wow!», «Ugh!»; it replaces «Jesus».

### In the corpora

- ["Jeez" is a mild word used instead of "Jesus", said in surprise or annoyance.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/37-bats-and-gosh/17/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «jeez» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jeez/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.