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	Pronounced	Usage
Carpenter	['ka:pəntə]
Isocrates	-	Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Edgar	['edgə]
Sarangerel	sah-RAHN-ge-rel	Mongolian
Abhilasha	-	Indian, Hindi
Inanna	i-NAH-na	Near Eastern Mythology