hellish
of, like, or suitable to hell; infernal; vile; horrible: It was a hellish war.
miserable; abominable; execrable: We had a hellish time getting through traffic.
devilishly bad: The child's behavior was hellish most of the day.
Origin of hellish
1Other words from hellish
- hell·ish·ly, adverb
- hell·ish·ness, noun
Words Nearby hellish
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How to use hellish in a sentence
Yet the welcoming atmosphere represented for thousands of migrants a moment of rest and hope after a hellish journey and an indefinite future.
How an Italian Mayor Who Turned His Town into a Haven for Migrants Wound Up Facing 13 Years in Jail | Francesca Berardi | October 7, 2021 | TimeFor anyone who thought vaccines would quickly end this hellish pandemic, think again.
Europe’s Brutal Fourth Wave Shows We’re Just Not Ready for Normal | Barbie Latza Nadeau | July 23, 2021 | The Daily BeastRocky neighbors were too dry and cold like Mars, or too hot and hellish like Venus.
The best places to find extraterrestrial life in our solar system, ranked | Neel V. Patel | June 16, 2021 | MIT Technology ReviewAlthough Venus is uninhabitable today, the fact that it may have been habitable at one point means it wasn’t always destined for such a hellish fate if circumstances broke a little more favorably.
The next Venus missions will tell us about habitable worlds elsewhere | Neel V. Patel | June 9, 2021 | MIT Technology ReviewHickson’s basic design was to put volunteers through ten weeks of fairly hellish training, involving six days a week of 40 minutes of cycling or running at intensities that reached 90 to 100 percent of max heart rate by the end.
What’s the Minimum Dose of Training to Stay Fit? | Alex Hutchinson | March 23, 2021 | Outside Online
After many hellish months in Liberia, it seems the worst could be over.
But there is much to be said for a private, hellish experience becoming an issue of public debate.
Harsh Truths About Domestic Violence: Why Voicing Terrible Experiences Can Help Others | Lizzie Crocker | September 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTFrom Ferguson to Gaza to Iraq, this summer has been hellish.
He was finally released in 2004, after almost 40 hellish years of brutal internment.
We Lost Soldiers in the Hunt for Bergdahl, a Guy Who Walked Off in the Dead of Night | Nathan Bradley Bethea | June 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd that means it has to potential to redeem Christie—or make his already-hellish 2014 much, much worse.
This, they said, was no human being like themselves; such hellish practices could have but one origin.
Asbestos | Robert H. JonesSo this was the accursed one who had done the hellish deed, and it was human folly that had caused this demoniacal explosion.
Black Diamonds | Mr JkaiThis allusion to the hellish gambling which went on in the dead man's house, was his only funeral oration.
Catherine de' Medici | Honore de BalzacThey are the night force come on deck for a breath of air between working their shifts in the hellish heat below.
My Wonderful Visit | Charlie ChaplinThey saw the oncoming hordes of brutes in a hellish-looking garb, and they sent back the answer: "Retire be damned!"
Private Peat | Harold R. Peat
British Dictionary definitions for hellish
/ (ˈhɛlɪʃ) /
of or resembling hell
wicked; cruel
informal very difficult or unpleasant
British informal (intensifier): a hellish good idea
Derived forms of hellish
- hellishly, adverb
- hellishness, noun
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