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interjection

ˌha-lə-ˈlü-yə How to pronounce hallelujah (audio)
Definition of hallelujahnext
as in hey
how delightful hallelujah, the bank is approving our loan application

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hallelujah

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noun

as in paean

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Recent Examples of hallelujah
Interjection
Topics include improving meetings (oh hallelujah!), the pitfalls of charisma and how to avoid that trap, navigating bureaucracy, and how to stop chasing perfectionism. — Toni Fitzgerald, Forbes.com, 26 July 2025
Noun
Cronenworth hit a grounder to the left side in last night’s eighth inning, crossed first base before the throw and raised his hands in a sort of hit hallelujah. — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026 What better time to shout hallelujah than Easter Sunday? — Jorie Nicole McDonald, Southern Living, 7 Mar. 2026 And a road win without Pat Surtain II would be the surest hallelujah yet. — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 1 Nov. 2025 Read: What parents of boys should know Hess does all of this without sharing a drop of advice—hallelujah. — Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic, 5 May 2025 Said it over and over like a preacher singing hallelujah. — Philip Martin, arkansasonline.com, 13 Sep. 2024 For me, especially as an A&R person, that’s hallelujah: Let the creative lead and the rest will follow. — Jem Aswad, Variety, 4 Sep. 2024 There’d be a brief silence, before all the voices flooded in and the whole circle would catch fire like an unending wall of the most resounding hallelujah imaginable. — Jack Chang, Sacramento Bee, 25 Jan. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hallelujah
  1. hey
  2. paean
  3. ha
  4. dirge
  5. requiem
  6. lament
  7. psalm
Interjection
  • And hey, there are plenty of July 4 episodes to pre-game, pair with, or distract from your social obligations.
    — Maira Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2026
  • But, hey, everyone has an off night.
    — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 June 2026
Definition of hey
Noun
  • His celebratory words marking its 250th anniversary included not only the traditional paeans to the Founders but also a dose of personal grievance, plus soaring praise for his own achievements.
    — Susan Page, USA Today, 5 July 2026
  • Alas, all those paeans to freedom have played out better in song than in real life.
    — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2026
Definition of paean
Interjection
  • We’re certainly gone from the days of teams avoiding trading within the conference or, ha, the division.
    — David Aldridge, New York Times, 2 July 2026
  • The film’s first official trailer offers up a sweeping, dramatic look at the Dashwood life (like the highly relatable, ha, drama of being kicked out of their sprawling mansion), complete with plenty of longing and even a dash of mystery.
    — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 25 June 2026
Definition of ha
Noun
  • Ashura processions are usually dramatic affairs, with chanters singing elegies or dirges dedicated to Hussein, while audience members beat their chests and engage in displays of mourning.
    — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2026
  • This is the starting point of Earth 7, Deb Olin Unferth’s stellar and sweeping science fiction novel that is part cosmic comedy and part dirge to our dying world.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 June 2026
Definition of dirge
Noun
  • And for me, ‘Amor Eterno,’ coincidentally also patterns how most requiems start, which is requiem eternum, eternal rest, eternal love.
    — Rod Stafford Hagwood, Sun Sentinel, 29 May 2026
  • The biggest difference is probably how Laurie plays the final requiem.
    — Brent Lang, Variety, 4 May 2026
Definition of requiem
Noun
  • The coffin was unveiled late on Thursday to a throng of sobbing supporters, who were swaying and beating their heads in time to a sung lament as flowers were thrown from the bier into the crowd.
    — Reuters, USA Today, 4 July 2026
  • His lament mirrored the anguish of legions of Venezuelans who endured harrowing days clearing rubble by hand before crews with heavy equipment and rescue dogs belatedly arrived.
    — Mery Mogollón, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2026
Definition of lament
Noun
  • Take The Music Lesson, a study of a young woman playing the virginal, closely watched by a gentleman, which Graham-Dixon reads as a depiction of Collegiants chastely performing and singing psalms.
    — Clare Bucknell, Harpers Magazine, 23 June 2026
  • Over the course of Gregory Orr’s long career, his poems have become increasingly incantatory, more and more like chants or psalms, repeating, reformulating, reaching for the edges of the same rich metaphors.
    — Craig Morgan Teicher, Literary Hub, 1 June 2026
Definition of psalm

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