hellishness
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- noun
- /ˈhɛlɪʃnəs/
- It was the sort of thing everyone instinctively knew in his time, though from pure hellishness he had occasionally amused himself by cocking a snook at the standard.
- the hellishness of war
Examples
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That's the hellishness of this situation.
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Stop this hellishness now!
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Branagh's Henry V reveals—indeed, revels in—the hellishness of war in all its aspects.
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It also celebrates a miraculous event, a royal hero's triumph over that hellishness, and the wresting of glory from inclement circumstances through sheer effort, determination, and a kind of heroic innocence.
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The documentary explored the hellishness of living in a war-torn country.
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Many people cannot comprehend the hellishness faced by those experiencing poverty and hunger.
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The film depicted the hellishness of a natural disaster, showing the suffering of affected families.
Synonyms
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3.7
A very painful or difficult experience
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5.6
Great physical or mental pain someone feels
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6.0
A very unpleasant quality that makes people feel bad
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8.2
A situation of great danger and destruction, like war or a big fire
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7.1
A state of great unhappiness and suffering often caused by poverty
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6.7
A harsh, unpleasant quality that makes people feel afraid or worried
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6.3
Extreme ugliness that makes people feel shocked or disgusted
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6.6
A state when something is very bad and frightening
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7.0
A very shocking and frightening scene or detail that makes you feel sick
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5.9
A very unpleasant, shocking state that causes fear or disgust
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9.1
A strong feeling that something is very unpleasant or disgusting
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7.8
The quality of being very ugly or cruel in a way that shocks people
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A very strong feeling of fear when something is shocking or awful
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7.7
A very unpleasant quality that shocks people
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7.0
A quality that makes pain or trouble very hard to stand
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9.1
A quality that makes situations feel very frightening and unpleasant
Antonyms
How Unpleasant
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Hellishness comes from hell ('a place of great suffering') plus the ending -ish ('like') and -ness ('state or quality'). So hellishness means the 'state of being like hell', which is why we use it for something very unpleasant, miserable, or terrifying.