Meaning
7 senses(countable, excessive, figuratively)A place or situation of great suffering in life.
My new boss is making my job a hell.
I went through hell to get home today.
Hölle
адad
пе́клоpéklo, адad
(countable)A place for gambling.
any place of pain and turmoil
(countable, figuratively, uncountable)An extremely hot place.
You don’t have a snowball's chance in hell.
when hell freezes over
пе́клоpéklo
(countable, mildly, uncountable, vulgar)Used as an intensifier in phrases grammatically requiring a noun.
I’m as mad as hell and I’m not going to take it anymore.
What the hell is wrong with you?!
(countable, uncountable)In certain games of chase, a place to which those who are caught are carried for detention.
(colloquial, countable, uncountable, usually, with on)Something extremely painful or harmful (to)
That steep staircase is hell on my knees.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)A place into which a tailor throws shreds, or a printer discards broken type.
Examples
835 sentencesTom took off like a bat out of hell.
What the hell kind of movie is this?
What the hell are you doing?
Що ти, в біса, робиш?
ruКакого черта ты делаешь?
deWas zum Teufel machst du?
There's no more room in hell.
У пеклі вже немає місця.
ruВ аду больше нет места.
They know how hell looks like.
Вони знають, як виглядає пекло.
ruОни знают, как выглядит ад.
deSie wissen, wie die Hölle aussieht.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English hel, hell, helle, hælle, from Old English hel, hell, from Proto-West GFrom Middle English hel, hell, helle, hælle, from Old English hel, hell, from Proto-West Germanic *hallju, from Proto-Germanic *haljō (“hell, netherworld”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to cover”). First attested in c. 725.
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Forms
plural: hellsSynonyms
14 synonyms- noisy and unrestrained mischief:blaze
- (religion) the world of the dead:Hadesinfernal regionnetherworldScheolunderworld
- (Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment:perditionInfernoinfernal regionnether regionpit
- a cause of difficulty and suffering:blaze
- any place of pain and turmoil:hell on earthhellholesnake pitthe pitsinferno
Antonyms
1 antonymsWord family
91 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable