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   hell

   /hɛl/

   noun

   • 1. a place regarded in various religions as a spiritual realm of evil and suffering, often traditionally depicted as a place of perpetual fire beneath the earth where the wicked are punished after death: "irreligious children were assumed to have passed straight to the eternal fires of hell" Similar the netherworldthe land/abode of the deadthe infernal regionsthe Infernothe nether regionsthe abyssthe abode of the damnedeternal damnationeternal punishmentperditionhellfirefire and brimstoneGehennaTophetAbaddonSheolHadesTartarusAcheronAvernusNiflheimliterary:the pitthe shadesarchaic:the lower worldOpposite heaven
   • ▪ a situation, experience, or place of great suffering: "I've been through hell" Similar a miserypurgatoryhell on earthtortureagonya tormenta nightmarean ordeala traumasufferingafflictionanguishwretchednesswoetribulationtrials and tribulationsOpposite paradise

   exclamation

   • 1. used for emphasis or to express anger, contempt, or surprise: "oh, hell—where will this all end?"

   Word Origin Old Englishhel, hell, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch hel and German Hölle, from an Indo-European root meaning ‘to cover or hide’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. hellward adverb

   Scrabble Points: 7

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