Definitions

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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That “high, mindless scream in the getaway car,” Ebert writes, “provides, for me, a very adequate vision of hell.”

From The Wall Street Journal

But society’s realization that birds were a finite resource and worth saving makes for a hell of a story.

From The Wall Street Journal

"For value against price, it looks like a hell of a lot of inflation."

From BBC

From there, all day long and often into the night, came the sounds of hell itself.

From Literature

It was like a walk through hell, and it seemed never-ending.

From Literature