Hell

Quick meaning: Hell meaning (countable, hyperbolic, figuratively) A place or situation of great suffering in life.

Meaning

(countable, hyperbolic, figuratively) A place or situation of great suffering in life.

More Meanings

1. (countable) A place for gambling.
2. (figuratively) An extremely hot place.
3. (sometimes vulgar) Used as an intensifier in phrases grammatically requiring a noun.
4. In certain games of chase, a place to which those who are caught are carried for detention.
5. (colloquial, usually with on) Something extremely painful or harmful (to)
6. (in many religions, often capitalized) A place of torment where some or all sinners are believed to go after death and evil spirits are believed to be.
7. (obsolete) A place into which a tailor throws shreds, or a printer discards broken type.

Example Sentences

May you rot in hell!

My new boss is making my job a hell.

I went through hell to get home today.

Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven.

Word Forms

• hel
• helle
• hells
• helling
• helled

Synonyms for hell

Depending on context, synonyms include afterlife, hella, blaze, perdition, inferno, netherworld.

Antonyms for hell

Common opposites include heaven.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include netherworld, underworld, inferno, perdition, hades, sin.

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