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noun
1.
the place or state of punishment of the wicked after death; the abode of evil and condemned spirits; Gehenna or Tartarus.
2.
any place or state of torment or misery: They made their father's life a hell on earth.
3.
something that causes torment or misery: Having that cut stitched without anesthesia was hell.
4.
the powers of evil.
5.
EXPANDthe abode of the dead; Sheol or Hades.
6.
extreme disorder or confusion; chaos: The children let both dogs into the house, and all hell broke loose.
7.
heck1 (def. 2).
8.
a receptacle into which a tailor throws scraps.
9.
Also called hellbox. Printing. a box into which a printer throws discarded type.
10.
the utterance of “hell” in swearing or for emphasis.
11.
COLLAPSEthe hell, Informal.
a.
(used as an intensifier to express surprise, anger, impatience, etc.): Why the hell can't the trains run on time?
b.
(used sarcastically or ironically to express the opposite of what is being stated): Are you listening to me? The hell you are!
interjection
12.
(used to express surprise, irritation, disgust, etc.)
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Hell around
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
13.
Idiomshell around, Slang. to live or act in a wild or dissolute manner: All they cared about was drinking and helling around.
14.
be hell on, Slang.
a.
to be unpleasant to or painful for.
b.
to be harmful to: These country roads are hell on tires.
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16.
get/catch hell, Slang. to suffer a scolding; receive a harsh reprimand: We'll get hell from our parents for staying out so late again.
17.
give someone hell, Informal. to reprimand or reproach severely.
18.
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hell on wheels, Slang. extremely demanding, fast-paced, aggressive, effective, or the like: The new job is hell on wheels. Our sales staff is hell on wheels when it comes to getting the most out of every account.
20.
like hell, Informal.
a.
with great speed, effort, intensity, etc.: We ran like hell to get home before the storm. She tried like hell to get him to change his mind.
b.
(used sarcastically or ironically to express the opposite of what is being stated): He says the motor will never break down? Like hell it won't!
21.
play hell with, Slang. to deal recklessly with; bring injury or harm to: Snowstorms played hell with the flow of city traffic.
22.
raise hell, Slang.
a.
to indulge in wild celebration.
b.
to create an uproar; object violently to: She'll raise hell when she sees what your rabbit has done to her garden.
23.
the/to hell with, Informal. (used to express dismissal, rejection, contempt, disappointment, or the like): If we have to walk five miles to see the view, the hell with it! He wouldn't even speak to me, so to hell with him!
24.
COLLAPSEwhat the hell, Informal. (used to express lack of concern or worry, indifference, abandonment, surrender, etc.): As long as you're borrowing $100, what the hell, borrow $200.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English, Old English hel(l); cognate with Old High German hell(i)a (German Hölle), Old Norse hel, Gothic halja; akin to Old English helan to cover, hide, and to hull2
before 900; Middle English, Old English hel(l); cognate with Old High German hell(i)a (German Hölle), Old Norse hel, Gothic halja; akin to Old English helan to cover, hide, and to hull2
Related forms
hell-like, adjective
Synonyms
1. inferno. 2. anguish, agony, torture.
1. inferno. 2. anguish, agony, torture.
Antonyms
1, 2. heaven, paradise.
1, 2. heaven, paradise.
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Word Origin & History
hell
O.E. hel, helle "nether world, abode of the dead, infernal regions," from P.Gmc. *khaljo (cf. O.Fris. helle, O.N. hel, Ger. Hölle, Goth. halja "hell") "the underworld," lit. "concealed place," from PIE *kel- "to cover, conceal, save" (see cell). The Eng. word may be in
EXPANDpart from O.N. Hel (from P.Gmc. *khalija "one who covers up or hides something"), in Norse mythology Loki's daughter, who rules over the evil dead in Niflheim, the lowest of all worlds (nifl "mist"), a death aspect of the three-fold goddess. Transfer of a pagan concept and word to a Christian idiom, used in the K.J.V. for O.T. Heb. Sheol, N.T. Gk. Hades, Gehenna. Used figuratively for "any bad experience" since at least 1374. As an expression of disgust, etc., first recorded 1678. Hell-bent is from 1835. Hell-raiser is from 1914 (to raise hell is from 1896); hellacious is 1930s college slang. Expression Hell in a handbasket is c.1941, perhaps a revision of earlier heaven in a handbasket (c.1913), with a sense of "easy passage" to whichever destination. Expression hell of a _____ is attested from 1776. Hell or high water is apparently a variation of between the devil and the deep blue sea. To wish someone would go to hell is in Shakespeare (1596). Snowball's chance in hell "no chance" is from 1931; till hell freezes over "never" is from 1919. To ride hell for leather is from 1889, originally with reference to riding on horseback. Hell on wheels is from 1843.
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The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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