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1. (n.) hell
the place or state of punishment of the wicked after death; the abode of evil and condemned spirits.
2. hell
any place or state of torment or misery:
to make someone's life hell.
3. hell
something that causes torment or misery.
4. hell
the powers of evil.
5. hell
the abode of the dead; Sheol or Hades.
6. hell
extreme disorder or confusion; chaos:
All hell broke loose.
7. hell
a severe scolding or punishment:
to catch hell; to give someone hell.
8. hell
(used in swearing, as an expression of anger, dismissal, disgust, etc., or as an intensive):
the hell with it; guilty as hell; a hell of a nice guy; Where the hell were you?
9. hell
a box into which a printer throws discarded type.
10. (interj.) hell
(used to express irritation, disgust, surprise, etc.)
11. (v.) hell
Slang. to live or act in a wild or dissolute manner.
12. hell
to be unpleasant to or painful for.
13. hell
to be harmful to:
These country roads are hell on tires.
14. hell
with no purpose other than sheer adventure or fun.
15. hell
with great speed, effort, intensity, etc.:
We ran like hell.
16. hell
Also,
He says the motor won't break down? Like hell it won't!
17. hell
to indulge in wild celebration.
18. hell
to create an uproar; object violently.
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| Definition of 'Hell' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) hell, hell on earth, hellhole, snake pit, the pits, inferno
any place of pain and turmoil
"the hell of battle"; "the inferno of the engine room"; "when you're alone Christmas is the pits";
2. (noun) hell, blaze
a cause of difficulty and suffering
"war is hell"; "go to blazes"
3. (noun) Hell, perdition, Inferno, infernal region, nether region, pit
(Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment
"Hurl'd headlong...To bottomless perdition, there to dwell"- John Milton; "a demon from the depths of the pit"; "Hell is paved with good intentions"-Dr. Johnson
4. (noun) Hell, Hades, infernal region, netherworld, Scheol, underworld
(religion) the world of the dead
"No one goes to Hades with all his immense wealth"-Theognis
5. (noun) sin, hell
violent and excited activity
"they began to fight like sin"
6. (noun) hell, blaze
noisy and unrestrained mischief
"raising blazes"
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1. (noun) hell
in some religions, a place where bad people are punished after they die
people who are punished in Hell
2. hell
a very difficult and unpleasant situation
The trip home was hell.
3. hell
all hell breaks loose
a situation becomes uncontrolled
There was a huge "boom" and then all hell broke loose.
4. hell
for the hell of it
without a good reason; = for fun
I thought I'd try snowboarding, just for the hell of it.
5. hell
the....from hell
sb or sth of the worst kind you can imagine
She was the neighbor from hell.
6. hell
give sb hell
to angrily criticize
Her boss gave her hell for that.
7. hell
go to hell
used to tell sb angrily to stop bothering you
8. hell
like hell
emphasizes how strong, fast, intense, etc. sth is
The rash itched like hell.
9. hell
a/one hell of a
emphasizes how good or impressive sth is
He was one hell of a teacher.
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| Definition of 'Hell' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (verb) Hell
the place of the dead, or of souls after death; the grave; -- called in Hebrew sheol, and by the Greeks hades
2. (verb) Hell
the place or state of punishment for the wicked after death; the abode of evil spirits. Hence, any mental torment; anguish
3. (verb) Hell
a place where outcast persons or things are gathered
4. (verb) Hell
a dungeon or prison; also, in certain running games, a place to which those who are caught are carried for detention
5. (verb) Hell
a gambling house
6. (verb) Hell
a place into which a tailor throws his shreds, or a printer his broken type
7. (verb) Hell
to overwhelm
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| Definitions of 'Hell' |
The Roycroft Dictionary |
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Hell
1. A Papal bull.
2. An extinct volcano.
3. The Pantheon of the brave.
4. An ancient conflagration that was checked when Voltaire invented the asbestos intellect.
5. A theological corn, wart or tumor.
6. The sense of separateness.
7. Three telephone systems in a town.
8. An invitation to go sightseeing. _E. g._, "If I'd only had a parachute at the time I would have gone to hell gracefully and taken a record for descent."--From Lucifer's _Confessions of a Ticket-o'-Leave Man_.
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Sense: (according to some religions) the place or state of punishment of the wicked after death with much pain, misery etc.
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 Afrikaans: hel |
 Arabic: جهنَّم |
 Bulgarian: ад |
 Brazilian: inferno |
 Czech: peklo |
 German: die Hölle |
 Danish: helvede |
 Greek: κόλαση |
 Spanish: infierno |
 Estonian: põrgu |
 Farsi: جهنم |
 Finnish: helvetti |
 French: enfer |
 Hebrew: גֵיהִינוֹם |
 Hindi: नरक |
 Croatian: pakao |
 Hungarian: pokol |
 Indonesian: neraka |
 Icelandic: helvíti |
 Italian: inferno |
 Japanese: 地獄 |
 Korean: 지옥 같은 곳 |
 Lithuanian: pragaras |
 Latvian: elle |
 Malay: Neraka |
 Dutch: hel, vagevuur |
 Norwegian: helvete |
 Polish: piekło |
 Persian: جهنم |
 Pashto: د وزخ |
 Portuguese: inferno |
 Romanian: iad |
 Russian: ад |
 Slovak: peklo |
 Slovenian: pekel |
 Serbian: pakao |
 Swedish: helvete[t] |
 Thai: ขุมนรก |
 Turkish: cehennem |
 Taiwanese: 地獄 |
 Ukrainian: пекло |
 Urdu: جہنم |
 Vietnamese: địa ngục |
 Chinese: 地狱 |
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