hellhound

[ hel-hound ]
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noun
  1. a mythical watchdog of hell.

  2. a fiendish person.

Origin of hellhound

1
before 900; Middle English, Old English helle hund;see hell, hound1

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How to use hellhound in a sentence

  • The Leipsic hellhound thus consigned to Belzebub was, of course, Peters.

  • What mysterious enemy pursued him, or rather pursued the monarchy like a hellhound?

    The Hero of the People | Alexandre Dumas
  • A thrilling struggle ensued between Merton and the hellhound of justice.

    Merton of the Movies | Harry Leon Wilson
  • Is this your discipline, when you should be as silent as cats in a kitchen, hellhound!

    Horse-Shoe Robinson | John Pendleton Kennedy
  • Barricading serves not: fly fast, ye Bodyguards; rabid Insurrection, like the hellhound Chase, uproaring at your heels!

    The French Revolution | Thomas Carlyle

British Dictionary definitions for hellhound

hellhound

/ (ˈhɛlˌhaʊnd) /


noun
  1. a hound of hell

  2. a fiend

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