hell
- noun
- /hɛl/
- Informal
- The first year with your second child is a special kind of hell.
- a living hell
Well, that would be hell for them, right?
- Well, that would be hell for them, right?
- And some of the items were you finished hell week twice.
Examples
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You scared the hell out of me!
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Dealing with the aftermath of the accident was pure hell for her and her family.
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Well, that would be hell for them, right?
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Within seconds, all hell breaks loose.
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As usual, I'm mad as hell with no one to talk to about it.
Fiction book (1990) -
I know you'd make my life hell if I did.
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You're doing one hell of a good job.
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After losing his job, Mark felt like he was going through hell every day.
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The intense training for the marathon was a hell of an experience, pushing him to his limits.
Synonyms
Pain and trouble that a person feels in the body or mind
A feeling of great unhappiness and suffering
Very strong mental or physical pain that is hard to bear
A difficult, unpleasant experience that lasts a long time
A very strong physical or mental pain
Great physical or mental pain someone feels
A very dirty, unpleasant, and dangerous place
A temporary state of painful waiting before things get better
A place or situation that causes great suffering and pain
A situation of great danger and destruction, like war or a big fire
A very bad situation that makes you feel unhappy
An unpleasant, chaotic place where people act badly toward each other
A new, very difficult problem that comes after other troubles
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
A person or thing that is very active, hard to control and often aggressive
- Informal
For a very long time, often to say something will never happen
- Informal
A sudden time when many people lose control and chaos starts
Compounds
- Jargon
A situation where too many nested callbacks make code hard to read and change
How Bad
Surface Forms
Etymology
Hell is used for a very bad or painful time because the old idea of hell was a place of punishment and suffering. So people say something is 'like hell' or a 'living hell' when they want to show it is extremely awful.