hell
地狱,地獄,见鬼,地府
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Definitions
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- : the place or state of punishment of the wicked after death; the abode of evil and condemned spirits; Gehenna or Tartarus.
- : any place or state of torment or misery: They made their father's life a hell on earth.
- : something that causes torment or misery: Having that cut stitched without anesthesia was hell.
- : the powers of evil.
- : the abode of the dead; Sheol or Hades.
- : extreme disorder or confusion; chaos: The children let both dogs into the house, and all hell broke loose.
- : Informal. something remarkable of its kind: That was one hell of a great game.
- : a receptacle into which a tailor throws scraps.
- : Also called hellbox. Printing. a box into which a printer throws discarded type.
- : the utterance of “hell” in swearing or for emphasis.
- : the hell, Informal.: Why the hell can't the trains run on time?How the hell am I supposed to finish this by tomorrow?: Are you listening to me? The hell you are!
Phrases
- hell has no fury like a woman scorned
- hell of a
- hell on wheels
- hell or high water, come
- hell to pay
- (all hell) break loose
- devil (hell) of a
- for the hell of it
- give someone hell
- go to hell
- hot as hell
- like a bat out of hell
- like hell
- mad as a hornet (hell)
- not a hope in hell
- raise Cain (hell)
- road to hell is paved with good intentions
- shot to hell
- snowball's chance in hell
- till hell freezes over
- to hell and gone
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
It won’t solve the problem, but it will sure as hell lower the temperature.
Given the state of misinformation globally, he has a hell of a repair job ahead.
In the second movie, which came out in 1991, Bill and Ted end up on a “bogus journey” that takes them, for whatever reason, to the afterlife — both hell and heaven.
Venus is also very similar to Earth in size and composition, yet somehow it has turned into a hell planet.
Doing good and doing well cannot be mutually exclusive for us to have a chance in hell at creating the world that we want to live in.
Hell, he says Koenig never referred to it as Serial or even as a podcast.
The revelation that, at age 42, Ben Affleck has one hell of an ass.
How the hell does somebody show up at a David Duke organized event in 2002 and claim ignorance?
Hell, one of the Dixie Chicks even offered to Uber her balls over to the company.
And, the Chilbosan would make a hell of a comedy movie; “Fawlty Towers” meets the “Great Dictator.”
They used to declare that every unbaptised baby would go to Hell and burn for ever in fire and brimstone.
The city hounds sprang to meet them and the slaughter of inoffensive Europeans began in Darya Gunj.