Hell - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |hel|  American pronunciation of the word hell
Brit.  |hel|  British pronunciation of the word hell

noun

- any place of pain and turmoil (syn: inferno)
the hell of battle
- a cause of difficulty and suffering (syn: blaze)
war is hell
- (Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment (syn: inferno, perdition, pit)
- (religion) the world of the dead (syn: hades, underworld)
- noisy and unrestrained mischief (syn: blaze)

Extra examples

Getting the loan approved was pure hell.

He went through hell during his divorce.

She had to go through hell to get where she is today.

Living with the disease can be a hell on earth.

The pain has made her life a living hell.

War is hell.

My mother made my life hell.

These past few days have been a living hell.

She must have gone through hell every day, the way we teased her about her weight.

They described the war zone as sheer hell.

He says his time in jail was hell on earth.

The traffic was hell this morning.

'How was your exam?' 'Sheer hell!'

• Oh hell! I've left my purse at home.

• Well, hell, I don't know!

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