Meaning

2 senses
  1. Infernal, related or similar to hell.

  2. (excessive)Causing great pain, discomfort or distress.

    I woke up from a hellish noise coming from the house next door.

    höllisch

    а́дскийádskij, а́довыйádovyj

    пеке́льнийpekélʹnyj

More definitions
  • (informal) very unpleasant
  • extremely evil or cruel; expressive of cruelty or befitting hell

Examples

8 sentences
  1. Will you shut up, hellish cicada?

  2. Life is more hellish than hell itself.

    ruЖизнь — больший ад, чем сам ад. — odexed

    deDas Leben ist höllischer als die Hölle selbst. — Manfredo

  3. The road to simplicity is paved with hellish complexities.

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  4. It sounds nothing to hear, but it was hellish to see.

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  5. The pile driver is destroying the peaceful morning with a hellish racket.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
causing pain, discomfort or distress:
Русский
By meaning 1
causing pain, discomfort or distress:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
causing pain, discomfort or distress:

Forms

more hellish, most hellish
Comparativemore hellish Lesson
Superlativemost hellish Lesson

regular

Synonyms

85 synonyms

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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