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Hell

//hɛl// adv, intj, name, noun, verb, slang

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Adverb

1
Alternative form of the hell or like hell. alt-of, alternative, colloquial, not-comparable, postpositional, sometimes, vulgar
"- Oh, aren't they sweet?"
2
Very; used to emphasize strongly. Australia, New-Zealand, colloquial, not-comparable, sometimes, vulgar
"That was hell good!"

Intj

1
Used to express discontent, unhappiness, or anger. colloquial, sometimes, vulgar
"Oh, hell! I got another parking ticket."
2
Used to emphasize. colloquial, idiomatic, sometimes, vulgar
"Hell yeah!"
3
Used to introduce an intensified statement following an understated one; nay; not only that, but. colloquial, sometimes, vulgar
"Do it, or, rest assured, there will be no more Middle Eastern crisis – hell, there will be no more Middle East!"

Proper Noun

1
A place of torment where some or all sinners are believed to go after death and evil spirits are believed to be. uncountable
"May you rot in hell!"
2
Alternative spelling of Hel. alt-of, alternative
3
Alternative form of Hela. alt-of, alternative
4
Alternative letter-case form of hell. alt-of
"In ancient times, Turfan was called Huochou, or Fire City, which was not inappropriate. Turfan is located in the lowest depression in Asia, just a notch above Hell."
5
Any of various places so named.

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6
Any of various places so named.; A village in Stjørdal municipality, Trøndelag, Norway; was the administrative center of Lånke municipality, which existed until 1962.
"Officially the Nordland Railway begins at Hell, but popularly the whole route north of Trondheim is so called."

Noun

1
A place or situation of great suffering in life. countable, excessive, figuratively
"My new boss is making my job a hell."
2
noisy and unrestrained mischief wordnet
3
A place for gambling. countable
"Here’s five-and-twenty for you. Don’t be losing it at the hells now."
4
(religion) the world of the dead wordnet
5
An extremely hot place. countable, figuratively, uncountable
"You don’t have a snowball's chance in hell."

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6
(Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment wordnet
7
Used as an intensifier in phrases grammatically requiring a noun. countable, sometimes, uncountable, vulgar
"She's got her arms down to her side, defiant. But just for the hell of it, she leans into him, wraps her arms around his neck, puts her head on his shoulder, and hangs on tight."
8
a cause of difficulty and suffering wordnet
9
A place into which a tailor throws shreds, or a printer discards broken type. countable, obsolete, uncountable
"This sturdy Squire, he had, as well As the bold Trojan Knight, seen Hell."
10
any place of pain and turmoil wordnet
11
In certain games of chase, a place to which those who are caught are carried for detention. countable, uncountable
12
Something extremely painful or harmful (to) colloquial, countable, uncountable, usually, with-on
"That steep staircase is hell on my knees."

Verb

1
To make hellish; to place (someone) in hell; to make (a place) into a hell. colloquial, sometimes, vulgar
2
To add luster to; to burnish (silver or gold). colloquial, rare, sometimes, vulgar
"To hell gold or gilt workː take two ounces of tartar, two ounces of sulfur.. and it will give it a fine luster."
3
To pour. colloquial, rare, sometimes, vulgar
"18th century, Josiah Relph, The Harvest; or Bashful Shepherd Gosh, the sickle went into me handː Down hell'd the bluid."
4
To hurry, rush. colloquial, sometimes, vulgar
"I had already lost thirteen points, all because she had to come helling in there at twelve, worrying me about that letter."
5
To move quickly and loudly; to raise hell as part of motion. colloquial, intransitive, sometimes, vulgar
"He was helling down the road with his radio blaring."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English helle, from Old English hell, from Proto-West Germanic *hallju, from Proto-Germanic *haljō (“concealed place, netherworld”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to cover, conceal, save”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Hälle (“hell”), West Frisian hel (“hell”), Dutch hel (“hell”), German Low German Hell (“hell”), German Hölle (“hell”), Norwegian helvete (“hell”), Icelandic hel (“the abode of the dead, death”). Also related to the Hel of Germanic mythology. See also hele.

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Etymology 6

From German hellen (“to brighten, burnish”). Related to Dutch hel (“clear, bright”) and German hell (“clear, bright”).

Etymology 7

From Middle English hellen, from Old Norse hella (“to pour”), from Proto-Germanic *halþijaną (“to incline, tip; to pour out, empty”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to lean, incline”). Cognate with Icelandic hella (“to pour”), Norwegian helle (“to pour”), Swedish hälla (“to pour”). See also English hield.

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