Hell
[hel] or [hɛl]
Definition
(noun.) noisy and unrestrained mischief; 'raising blazes'.
(noun.) (religion) the world of the dead; 'No one goes to Hades with all his immense wealth'-Theognis.
(noun.) (Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment; 'Hurl'd headlong...To bottomless perdition, there to dwell'- John Milton; 'a demon from the depths of the pit'; 'Hell is paved with good intentions'-Dr. Johnson.
(noun.) a cause of difficulty and suffering; 'war is hell'; 'go to blazes'.
(noun.) any place of pain and turmoil; 'the hell of battle'; 'the inferno of the engine room'; 'when you're alone Christmas is the pits';.
Typist: Maxine--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) The place of the dead, or of souls after death; the grave; -- called in Hebrew sheol, and by the Greeks hades.
(v. t.) The place or state of punishment for the wicked after death; the abode of evil spirits. Hence, any mental torment; anguish.
(v. t.) A place where outcast persons or things are gathered
(v. t.) A dungeon or prison; also, in certain running games, a place to which those who are caught are carried for detention.
(v. t.) A gambling house.
(v. t.) A place into which a tailor throws his shreds, or a printer his broken type.
(v. t.) To overwhelm.
Editor: Pratt
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Gehenna, purgatory, limbo, abyss, Tartarus, Hades, Avernus, Erebus, place of torment, bottomless pit, everlasting fire, infernal regions, shades below, realms of Pluto, the lower world.
Checker: Ronnie
Definition
n. the place or state of punishment of the wicked after death: the place of the dead indefinitely: the abode of evil spirits: the powers of hell: any place of vice or misery: a gambling-house.—adjs. Hell′-black (Shak.) black as hell; Hell′-born born in hell: of hellish origin; Hell′-bred.—ns. Hell′-broth (Shak.) a composition boiled up for malignant purposes; Hell′-cat a malignant hag; Hell′-fire the fire of hell: punishment in hell; Hell′-gate the entrance into hell.—adj. Hell′-hat′ed (Shak.) hated or abhorred as hell.—n. Hell′hound a hound of hell: an agent of hell.—adj. Hell′ish pertaining to or like hell: very wicked.—adv. Hell′ishly.—ns. Hell′ishness; Hell′-kite (Shak.) a kite of infernal breed.—adv. Hell′ward towards hell.
v.t. (Spens.) to hide.
Edited by Leah
Unserious Contents or Definition
If you dream of being in hell, you will fall into temptations, which will almost wreck you financially and morally. To see your friends in hell, denotes distress and burdensome cares. You will hear of the misfortune of some friend. To dream of crying in hell, denotes the powerlessness of friends to extricate you from the snares of enemies.
Typist: Vilma
Unserious Contents or Definition
Poverty.
Editor: Vanessa
Examples
- Oh, hell, I thought, do we have to argue now? Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- The Hell with you, Robert Jordan thought. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- It's perfectly wonderful, Birkin harrowing Hell--harrowing the Pompadour--HIC! D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Muck them to death and hell. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- He saw heaven; he looked down on hell. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The hell with it, Pilar raged. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- God damn this crazy to hell. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Produce him--or go to hell. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Oh muck him to deepest hell. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Hell and furies! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Go to hell, I said. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- But it's curious how much room there seems, a whole universe under there; and as cold as hell, you're as helpless as if your head was cut off. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Heaven is supposed to be above, and hell below. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- The cleaning away of submarine ledges in harbours, such as the great work at Hell Gate in the harbour of New York, has thus been effected. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- It was not that I feared the results which would follow a general belief that I had returned from the Barsoomian heaven or hell, or whatever it was. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
Checker: Nona