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Hades

[hey-deez] / ˈheɪ diz /
NOUN
bottomless pit
Synonyms
WEAK
abysm abyss chasm crevasse fire and brimstone gulf hell infernal regions
NOUN
hell
Synonyms
STRONGEST
inferno misery nightmare purgatory
STRONG
Gehenna 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
NOUN
inferno
Synonyms
STRONGEST
purgatory
STRONG
blazes hellfire netherworld underworld
WEAK
bottomless pit everlasting fire fire and brimstone
NOUN
living hell
Synonyms
WEAK
Abaddon Gehenna abyss affliction agony anguish blazes bottomless pit difficulty everlasting fire fire and brimstone grave hellfire infernal regions inferno limbo lower world misery nether world nightmare ordeal pandemonium perdition persecution pit place of torment purgatory suffering torment torture tortures of the damned trial underworld wretchedness
NOUN
nether world
Synonyms
WEAK
infernal pit infernal regions nether regions underworld world of the dead
Antonyms
WEAK
heaven paradise
NOUN
perdition
Synonyms
STRONG
Gehenna abyss affliction condemnation damnation inferno pit punishment purgatory ruin suffering underworld
WEAK
Abaddon bottomless pit everlasting fire fire and brimstone infernal regions loss of the soul lower world nether world place of torment
Antonyms
STRONG
exoneration redemption
NOUN
purgatory
Synonyms
STRONGEST
limbo
STRONG
Gehenna abyss perdition pit suffering underworld
WEAK
Abaddon bottomless pit everlasting fire fire and brimstone infernal regions lower world nether world place of torment

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Other games up for the top prize include blockbusters Ghost of Yōtei and Death Stranding 2, indie games Hollow Knight: Silksong and Hades II, and indie adventure Blue Prince.

From BBC • Dec. 9, 2025

Or what in Hades will happen to the surviving characters?

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 19, 2025

It depicts Dionysus journeying to Hades to retrieve a poet who can help Athens in crisis, culminating in a contest between Aeschylus and Euripides.

From Salon • Apr. 13, 2025

Hades II takes place a number of years beyond the events of the first game.

From New York Times • May 14, 2024

In Hades he was punished by having to try forever to roll a rock uphill which forever rolled back upon him.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton