Synonyms for why on Earth
why on earth

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1. why on Earthinterjection

   Synonyms:
   why the dickens, why the Devil, why in Gods name

2. why on Earthinterjection

   used to add emphasis to why when beginning a question.

   Why on Earth are you trying to accomplish anything here?

   Synonyms:
   why in Gods name, why the Devil, why the dickens

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1. Mike Berry:

   At a time when our nation is hurting and many feel hopeless, why on earth would Mikey Weinstein attack prayer? america has the strongest military in history, but our brave service members are not immune to the havoc COVID-19 has wreaked.

2. Gretchen Whitmer:

   People often ask,' Why on earth do you want to keep doing this ?' tough times call for tough people.

3. Bill Shine:

   Rumors flying around that FEMA is ready to round you up and take you off to a concentration camp, forget about socialism. I think we're headed towards full blown communism and forget about your freedom of speech. Radio hosts are being kicked off the air for suggesting that we close our borders and stay away from illegal immigrants. Are you kidding me? What is going on? I am willing to get kicked off the air. Here I am. Come and get me. I am going down with a fight. Why on earth are we not allowed to have this conversation? There's a country that has a full blown epidemic and it's called Mexico. Why on earth is it racist for us to say we need to close our borders to them at this time?

4. Photographer Helge Skodvin:

   There is a man driving his big truck, and in the back seat there is a stuffed deer putting its head up, it's quite funny in a way. Such a normal scene -- man driving his truck -- and then there is this thing that is strange. 'Why on Earth (does he have) a deer?'.

5. Aimee Osbourne:

   Back then, I still felt I was trying to figure out who I was in the chaos of family life, so why on earth would I want that portrayed on television ? i wanted to protect Aimee Osbourne, my parents, my siblings, too. They were very young, very impressionable.