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Hell

Hell

906 4.4
A religious idea of a place after death where people who do wrong suffer forever
  • noun
  • /hɛl/
: infierno
  • Many believe that sinners will face eternal punishment in hell after death.
  • heaven and hell
  • go to hell
  • circles of hell

I'll see you in hell with these two guys.

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Examples

  • Trying to save their souls from the fiery depths of hell.

  • For Dante, the bottom of hell was filled with betrayers.

  • As a child, she had heard that there was another hell which burned beyond this world.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • And Jesus said he created hell for the angels, not for humans.

  • A lot of theologians have framed hell in terms of separation from God.

  • And you are going to end up in hell if you don't start believing what the Church teaches us.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • The idea of hell as a place of suffering is common in many religious teachings.

  • In literature, hell is often depicted as a fiery realm inhabited by demons.

Synonyms

pit
vsHell
  • Archaic
65 9.9

A place of punishment and suffering after death in Christian belief

is the traditional broader term for that same Christian place
underworld
vsHell
  • Literature
61 7.2

A place where souls go after death in myths

is specifically the Christian punitive realm rather than the general dead realm
Hades
vsHell
  • Literature
36 8.4

The place of the dead in Greek myths where souls go after death

is a Christian concept focused on punishment and evil spirits
hellfire
vsHell
11 8.5

A place of burning where people suffer forever after death

is the broader Christian concept not limited to fire imagery
perdition
vsHell
  • Literature
10 9.9

A state of never ending suffering after death, like hell

refers to the actual place where that eternal punishment occurs
inferno
vsHell
  • Literature
6 8.8

A place of punishment after death for very bad people in Christian belief

is the more general Christian name for that realm
the bad place
vsHell
  • Informal
2 8.7

A place believed to be for punishment after death or a very bad situation

is the formal religious term for the specific place of punishment
nether region
vsHell
  • Archaic
1 9.1

A place of fire and suffering where bad people are punished after death

covers that abode but is the primary religious term
infernal region
vsHell
  • Literature
1 9.9

A place of suffering for the dead in religious stories

is the specifically Christian version focused on Satan and sinners

Antonyms

∞ 1.1

A place many religions believe God lives and good people go after death

Idioms

∞ 8.9

An angry or surprised question showing you do not believe something

136 9.0

A very impressive or powerful example of something

like hell
  • NSFW
98 7.9

Happening very quickly, with great effort or very strongly

in hell
  • Informal
80 8.4

To feel great pain or trouble and be very unhappy

to burn in hell
  • Offensive
44 9.6

Say that you want someone to suffer forever after they die

37 8.9

Angrily tell someone to go away and never come back

35 8.1

To scold someone very strongly for something they did

hell-bent
  • Informal
33 7.5

Extremely determined to do something no matter the danger or cost

to rot in hell
  • Offensive
25 9.7

To wish that someone suffers and is punished after they die

like hell
  • NSFW
24 9.8

Said to show that you do not believe or accept something

fucking hell
  • Offensive
23 9.9

A strong rude shout people use when they feel very angry or shocked

To have a very hard and painful time in life

23 7.9

Behave loudly and angrily to cause trouble

hell to pay
  • Informal
21 8.6

Serious trouble or punishment someone gets for something they did

hell on earth
  • Informal
18 6.8

A place or situation that causes great suffering and pain

14 8.1

A sudden time of chaos and confusion that spreads quickly

12 9.1

To do something for no particular reason, just for fun

11 8.4

Says that something will be done no matter what problems happen

hot as hell
  • Informal
9 7.5

Very hot in a way that feels uncomfortable

8 8.3

No matter what happens or how difficult it is

cold day in Hell
  • Informal
5 9.4

An event that is very unlikely to happen

5 8.4

To be very sick and miserable

snowball in hell
  • Informal
4 9.4

An almost impossible chance of happening

To become much worse very quickly and out of control

3 7.9

A sudden time when many people lose control and chaos starts

hell on wheels
  • Informal
3 8.8

A person or thing that is very active, hard to control and often aggressive

2 8.4

A very large, messy situation that is hard to fix

To have very hard times and still survive

2 9.5

For a very long time, often to say something will never happen

hell-for-leather
  • Informal
1 9.0

As fast as possible

the hell you say
  • Informal
1 9.9

A strong spoken reaction showing surprise and disbelief

1 9.1

To take actions that seem good but cause bad results

Very bad damage that comes from the sky, like bombs or storms

9.5

In a very energetic and excited way

To take a very long time and cause a lot of trouble

hell mend him
  • Offensive
9.9

Showing no sympathy when someone suffers from their own choices

Compounds

hell-raising
  • Informal
2 8.4

Noisy, wild actions that cause trouble or excitement

fresh hell
  • Informal
1 9.9

A new, very difficult problem that comes after other troubles

gambling hell
  • Archaic
1 8.6

A place where people bet money, often illegal and full of trouble

hell-kite
  • Offensive
1 9.9

A fierce, violent person who fights without mercy

callback hell
  • Jargon
9.6

A situation where too many nested callbacks make code hard to read and change

hell dust
  • NSFW
9.9

A slang word for the illegal drug heroin

hell-rooster
  • Offensive
9.9

A person who fights or argues in a very angry way

How Punishing

Hell
906 4.4
infernal region
  • Literature
1 9.9
underworld
  • Literature
61 7.2

Surface Forms

Hell singular
Hells plural

Etymology

Hell comes from an old German word hel meaning 'hidden' or 'covered', and it was also the name Hel for a Norse goddess and her world of the dead. So Hell became the name for the place where the dead, and later sinners, were thought to suffer after death.