Definition of hell

noun (n)

• any place of pain and turmoil (noun.location)

  Synonym: hell on earth, hellhole, inferno, snake pit, the pits
  

  Example:
  The hell of battle.
  

  source: wordnet30
• a cause of difficulty and suffering (noun.event)

  Synonym: blaze
  

  Example:
  War is hell.
  

  source: wordnet30
• (Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment (noun.cognition)

  Synonym: infernal region, inferno, nether region, perdition, pit
  Antonym: heaven
  

  Example:
  Hell is paved with good intentions.
  

  source: wordnet30
• (religion) the world of the dead (noun.cognition)

  Synonym: hades, infernal region, netherworld, scheol, underworld
  

  source: wordnet30
• violent and excited activity (noun.act)

  Synonym: fun, sin
  

  source: wordnet30
• noisy and unrestrained mischief (noun.act)

  source: wordnet30
• The place of the dead, or of souls after death; the grave; -- called in Hebrew sheol, and by the Greeks hades. (noun)

  source: webster1913

verb (v)

• To overwhelm. (verb)

  source: webster1913

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