EGAVE

hell

About 27.21 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. proper noun A place of torment where some or all sinners are believed to go after death and evil spirits are believed to be.
    May you rot in hell!
  2. proper noun Synonym of underworld, an underground land of the dead without eternal punishment or with only some regions of punishment.
  3. noun A place or situation of great suffering in life.
    My new boss is making my job a hell.
  4. noun A place for gambling.
  5. noun An extremely hot place.
    You don’t have a snowball's chance in hell.
  6. noun Used as an intensifier in phrases grammatically requiring a noun.
    I’m as mad as hell and I’m not going to take it anymore.
  7. noun A place into which a tailor throws shreds, or a printer discards broken type.
  8. noun In certain games of chase, a place to which those who are caught are carried for detention.

Similar words

netherworld nether region underworld inferno perdition hades hel sin hell on earth blaze

Often followed by

of is with out and are was to do

Word family

Hell Stefan Hell Stefan Walter Hell hell of a hell on earth hell out of hells living hell

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