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hallelujah

interjection

Synonyms and Antonyms of hallelujah

  1. how delightful <hallelujah, the bank is approving our loan application> Synonyms glory (or glory be), ha (or hah), hooray, hey, hot dog, huzzah, wahoo [chiefly West], whee, whoopee, yahoo, yippeeRelated Words wow, zowie; ooh; gee, gee whiz, goshNear Antonyms alack, alas, aw, boo



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