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fate worse than death, a
fate worse than death, a
A highly undesirable occurrence, a misfortune, as in Dean thinks driving daily during rush hour is a fate worse than death. Formerly applied quite seriously to a woman's loss of virginity, this idiom today is used hyperbolically and far more loosely. [1600s]
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Borivoi | | - | Medieval Slavic |
Klim | | - | Russian, Ukrainian |
Vladlen | | vlahd-LYEN | Russian |
JesÚS | | he-SOOS | Spanish |
Hazael | | HAZ-ay-əl (English) | Biblical |
Stamen | | - | Bulgarian, Macedonian |