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Hell Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Hell? [n] noisy and unrestrained mischief; "raising blazes" [n] (colloquial) violent and excited activity; "they began to fight like sin" [n] a cause of difficulty and suffering; "war is hell"; "go to blazes" [n] (in various religions) the world of the dead; "he didn't want to go to hell when he died" [n] (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" [n] any place of pain and turmoil; "the hell of battle"; "the inferno of the engine room"; "when you're alone Christmas is the pits"; Synonyms \| Synonyms for Hell: blaze \| blaze \| Hades \| Hel \| hell on earth \| hellhole \| infernal region \| Inferno \| nether region \| netherworld \| perdition \| Scheol \| sin \| snake pit \| the pit \| the pits \| underworld Related Terms \| Find terms related to Hell: Abaddon \| abyss \| Acheron \| affliction \| agony \| anguish \| Babel \| bedlam \| betting house \| betting parlor \| blazes \| bottomless pit \| bowels \| cacophony \| cage \| casino \| castigation \| censure \| chaos \| clawing \| confusion of tongues \| coop \| crib \| criticism \| cruciation \| crucifixion \| deep space \| deeps \| depths \| Dis \| enclosure \| equator \| Erebus \| flat \| furnace \| gambling den \| gambling hall \| gambling hell \| gambling house \| gaming house \| gaping depths \| Gehenna \| Hades \| hell upon earth \| holocaust \| horror \| infernal pit \| infernal regions \| inferno \| joint \| laceration \| lancination \| limbo \| lower world \| martyrdom \| misery \| nether world \| netherworld \| nightmare \| noise \| ordeal \| outer space \| oven \| pain \| Pandemonium \| passion \| pen \| penfold \| perdition \| persecution \| pinfold \| pit \| place of confinement \| poolroom \| pound \| purgatory \| rack \| racket \| reprimand \| scolding \| Sheol \| sporting house \| static \| steam bath \| Styx \| subtropics \| suffering \| Tartarus \| Tophet \| torment \| Torrid Zone \| torture \| trial \| tropics \| underworld \| unfathomed deeps \| unknown depths \| upbraiding \| wassail See Also \| Acheron \| activity \| Cocytus \| devilment \| devilry \| deviltry \| Gehenna \| hellfire \| imaginary place \| Lethe \| mischief \| mischief-making \| mischievousness \| part \| rascality \| red region \| region \| River Acheron \| River Cocytus \| River Lethe \| River Styx \| roguery \| roguishness \| shenanigan \| Styx \| Tartarus \| trouble Hell In Webster's Dictionary \Hell\, n. [AS. hell; akin to D. hel, OHG. hella, G. h["o]lle, Icel. hal, Sw. helfvete, Dan. helvede, Goth. halja, and to AS. helan to conceal. ???. Cf. {Hele}, v. t., {Conceal}, {Cell}, {Helmet}, {Hole}, {Occult}.] 1. The place of the dead, or of souls after death; the grave; -- called in Hebrew sheol, and by the Greeks hades. He descended into hell. --Book of Common Prayer. Thou wilt not leave my soul in hell. --Ps. xvi. 10. 2. The place or state of punishment for the wicked after death; the abode of evil spirits. Hence, any mental torment; anguish. ``Within him hell.'' --Milton. It is a knell That summons thee to heaven or to hell. --Shak. 3. A place where outcast persons or things are gathered; as: (a) A dungeon or prison; also, in certain running games, a place to which those who are caught are carried for detention. (b) A gambling house. ``A convenient little gambling hell for those who had grown reckless.'' --W. Black. (c) A place into which a tailor throws his shreds, or a printer his broken type. --Hudibras. {Gates of hell}. (Script.) See {Gate}, n., 4. \Hell\, v. t. To overwhelm. [Obs.] --Spenser.

Hell Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Hell?

[n] noisy and unrestrained mischief; "raising blazes"
[n] (colloquial) violent and excited activity; "they began to fight like sin"
[n] a cause of difficulty and suffering; "war is hell"; "go to blazes"
[n] (in various religions) the world of the dead; "he didn't want to go to hell when he died"
[n] (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"
[n] any place of pain and turmoil; "the hell of battle"; "the inferno of the engine room"; "when you're alone Christmas is the pits";

Hell In Webster's Dictionary

\Hell\, n. [AS. hell; akin to D. hel, OHG. hella, G.
h["o]lle, Icel. hal, Sw. helfvete, Dan. helvede, Goth. halja,
and to AS. helan to conceal. ???. Cf. {Hele}, v. t.,
{Conceal}, {Cell}, {Helmet}, {Hole}, {Occult}.]
1. The place of the dead, or of souls after death; the grave;
   -- called in Hebrew sheol, and by the Greeks hades.

         He descended into hell.               --Book of
                                               Common Prayer.

         Thou wilt not leave my soul in hell.  --Ps. xvi. 10.

2. The place or state of punishment for the wicked after
   death; the abode of evil spirits. Hence, any mental
   torment; anguish. ``Within him hell.'' --Milton.

         It is a knell That summons thee to heaven or to
         hell.                                 --Shak.

3. A place where outcast persons or things are gathered; as:
   (a) A dungeon or prison; also, in certain running games, a
       place to which those who are caught are carried for
       detention.
   (b) A gambling house. ``A convenient little gambling hell
       for those who had grown reckless.'' --W. Black.
   (c) A place into which a tailor throws his shreds, or a
       printer his broken type. --Hudibras.

{Gates of hell}. (Script.) See {Gate}, n., 4.


\Hell\, v. t.
To overwhelm. [Obs.] --Spenser.

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