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hell

[hel] / hɛl /
NOUN
place of the condemned; bad situation
Synonyms
STRONGEST
inferno misery nightmare purgatory
STRONG
Gehenna Hades abyss affliction agony anguish blazes difficulty grave limbo ordeal pandemonium perdition pit suffering torment trial underworld wretchedness
WEAK
Abaddon bottomless pit everlasting fire fire and brimstone hellfire infernal regions lower world nether world place of torment
Antonyms
STRONG
comfort contentment happiness health joy peace pleasure
WEAK
heaven

Example Sentences

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"Sheriff Scott Jenkins, his wife Patricia, and their family have been dragged through HELL," Trump wrote in a post on his Truth Social network.

From BBC • May 27, 2025

"CATCHING HELL": An Alex Gibney documentary is one of the most reliable things at Tribeca.

From Seattle Times • May 2, 2011

Other area residents wore more defiant slogans: HELL, NO, WE WON'T GLOW.

From Time Magazine Archive

There are to be three movements, HELL, PURGATORY, and PARADISE, the two first purely instrumental, the last with chorus.

From Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt — Volume 2 by Hueffer, Francis

And this Gehenna, is that word, which is usually now translated HELL; and from the fires from time to time there burning, we have the notion of Everlasting, and Unquenchable Fire.

From Leviathan by Hobbes, Thomas