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- Dictionaryhell/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 Opposite
exclamation
- 1. used for emphasis or to express anger, contempt, or surprise: "oh, hell—where will this all end?"
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HELL definition: 1. an extremely unpleasant or difficult place, situation, or experience: 2. in some religions, the…. Learn more.
The meaning of HELL is a nether world in which the dead continue to exist : hades. How to use hell in a sentence.
In religion and folklore, hell is a location or state in the afterlife in which souls are subjected to punitive suffering, most often through torture, as punishment after death.
1. proper noun & countable noun. In some religions, hell is the place where the Devil lives, and where wicked people are sent to be punished when they die. Hell is usually imagined as being under the ground and full of flames. 2. variable noun.
Hell definition: the place or state of punishment of the wicked after death; the abode of evil and condemned spirits; Gehenna or Tartarus.. See examples of HELL used in a sentence.
Definitions of Hell. noun. (Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment. “" Hell is paved with good intentions"-Dr. Johnson” synonyms: Inferno, infernal region, nether region, perdition, pit. see more. noun. (religion) the world of the dead.
A state of separation from God; exclusion from God's presence. 2. The abode of the dead in any of various religious traditions, such as the Hebrew Sheol or the Greek Hades; the underworld. 3. a. A situation or place of evil, misery, discord, or destruction: "War is hell" (William Tecumseh Sherman). b.
[uncountable, singular] a very unpleasant experience or situation in which people suffer very much. The last three months have been hell. He went through hell during the trial. Her parents made her life hell. Being totally alone is my idea of hell on earth. He was in a hell of his own making.
HELL meaning: 1 : the place where the devil lives and where evil people go after they die according to some religions; 2 : a very difficult or unpleasant situation or experience
Hell Definition. The place where the spirits of the dead are. The abode of Satan and of all other devils and of all the damned. A state of separation from God; exclusion from God's presence. A state or place of woe and anguish, arrived at by the wicked or unrepentant after death.
