Hell

//hɛl//

Synonyms for "hell" (144 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (29)

Proper Noun(1 words)
afterlife
Noun(2 words)
blazebumboclaat
Intj(1 words)
caramba

Strong matches (43)

Adverb(1 words)
hella

Related words (72)

Intj(2 words)
mother of godshit
Adverb(1 words)
the hell

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13 relation types

More general

16 entries

Antonyms

2 entries

Synonyms

6 entries

Related terms

2 entries

derived

204 entries

Showing 16 of 204 words.

derived from

2 entries

distinct from

1 entries

etymologically related_to

3 entries

form of

2 entries

has a

1 entries

has context

7 entries

is a

5 entries

related to

13 entries

Translations

399 translations across 173 languages.

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Abkhaz

1 entries
  • џьаҳаным name (abode for the condemned)

Afrikaans

1 entries
  • hel name (abode for the condemned)

Aghwan

1 entries
  • 𐔲𐔴𐕆𐔴𐕎𐔰 name (abode for the condemned)

Albanian

4 entries
  • drreqin intj (hell!)
  • ferr name (abode for the condemned)
  • skëterrë name (abode for the condemned)
  • skëterrë noun (place of suffering in life)

Amharic

1 entries
  • ገሀነም name (abode for the condemned)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • γέεννα name (abode for the condemned)

Arabic

4 entries
  • جهنّم name (abode for the condemned)
  • جَحِيم name (abode for the condemned)
  • جَهَنَّم name (abode for the condemned)
  • جَحِيم noun (place of suffering in life)

Aramaic

1 entries
  • ܓܝܗܢܐ name (abode for the condemned)

Armenian

2 entries
  • դժոխք name (abode for the condemned)
  • դժոխք noun (place of suffering in life)

Assamese

1 entries
  • নৰক name (abode for the condemned)

Asturian

2 entries
  • infiernu name (abode for the condemned)
  • infiernu noun (place of suffering in life)

Atong (India)

1 entries
  • norok noun (place of suffering in life)

Avar

1 entries
  • жужахӏ name (abode for the condemned)

Avestan

2 entries
  • 𐬛𐬀𐬊𐬲𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬀 name (abode for the condemned)
  • 𐬛𐬀𐬊𐬲𐬀𐬢𐬵 name (abode for the condemned)

Azerbaijani

4 entries
  • cəhənnəm name (abode for the condemned)
  • ҹәһәннәм name (abode for the condemned)
  • cəhənnəm noun (place of suffering in life)
  • ҹәһәннәм noun (place of suffering in life)

Baluchi

1 entries
  • دوزه name (abode for the condemned)

Bashkir

4 entries
  • йәһәннәм name (abode for the condemned)
  • тамуҡ name (abode for the condemned)
  • йәһәннәм noun (place of suffering in life)
  • тамуҡ noun (place of suffering in life)

Basque

1 entries
  • infernu name (abode for the condemned)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • ад name (abode for the condemned)
  • гее́на во́гненная name (abode for the condemned)
  • пе́кла name (abode for the condemned)
  • ад noun (place of suffering in life)

Bengali

4 entries
  • জাহান্নাম name (abode for the condemned)
  • নরক name (abode for the condemned)
  • জাহান্নাম noun (place of suffering in life)
  • নরক noun (place of suffering in life)

Breton

1 entries
  • ifern name (abode for the condemned)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • ад name (abode for the condemned)
  • дженде́м name (abode for the condemned)
  • пъ́къл name (abode for the condemned)
  • ад noun (place of suffering in life)

Burmese

4 entries
  • ငရဲ name (abode for the condemned)
  • နရက် name (abode for the condemned)
  • ငရဲ noun (place of suffering in life)
  • နရက် noun (place of suffering in life)

Buryat

1 entries
  • тама name (abode for the condemned)

Catalan

1 entries
  • infern name (abode for the condemned)

Central Kurdish

3 entries
  • جەھەنەم name (abode for the condemned)
  • دۆزەخ name (abode for the condemned)
  • دۆژە name (abode for the condemned)

Chechen

1 entries
  • жоьжахати name (abode for the condemned)

Cherokee

1 entries
  • ᏨᏍᎩᏃ name (abode for the condemned)

Chinese

2 entries
  • 地獄 /地狱 name (abode for the condemned)
  • 地獄 /地狱 noun (place of suffering in life)

Chinese Cantonese

2 entries
  • 地獄 /地狱 name (abode for the condemned)
  • 地獄 /地狱 noun (place of suffering in life)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 地獄 /地狱 name (abode for the condemned)
  • 地獄 /地狱 noun (place of suffering in life)

Church Slavic

4 entries
  • адъ name (abode for the condemned)
  • г҄еона name (abode for the condemned)
  • ⰰⰴⱏ name (abode for the condemned)
  • ⰳⰵⱁⱀⰰ name (abode for the condemned)

Chuvash

2 entries
  • тамӑк name (abode for the condemned)
  • тамӑк noun (place of suffering in life)

Crimean Tatar

2 entries
  • ceennem name (abode for the condemned)
  • cehennem name (abode for the condemned)

Czech

2 entries
  • peklo name (abode for the condemned)
  • peklo noun (place of suffering in life)

Dalmatian

1 entries
  • infiarn name (abode for the condemned)

Danish

3 entries
  • helvede! intj (hell!)
  • helvede name (abode for the condemned)
  • helvede noun (place of suffering in life)

Divehi

1 entries
  • ނަރަކަ name (abode for the condemned)

Dongxiang

1 entries
  • dozohei name (abode for the condemned)

Dutch

2 entries
  • hel name (abode for the condemned)
  • hel noun (place of suffering in life)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • infero name (abode for the condemned)
  • infero noun (place of suffering in life)

Estonian

2 entries
  • põrgu name (abode for the condemned)
  • põrgu noun (place of suffering in life)

Faroese

1 entries
  • helviti name (abode for the condemned)

Finnish

4 entries
  • helvetti! intj (hell!)
  • helvetti name (abode for the condemned)
  • horna name (abode for the condemned)
  • helvetti noun (place of suffering in life)

French

3 entries
  • merde intj (hell!)
  • enfer name (abode for the condemned)
  • enfer noun (place of suffering in life)

Friulian

1 entries
  • infiêr name (abode for the condemned)

Gagauz

1 entries
  • cendem name (abode for the condemned)

Galician

1 entries
  • inferno name (abode for the condemned)

Georgian

2 entries
  • ჯოჯოხეთი name (abode for the condemned)
  • ჯოჯოხეთი noun (place of suffering in life)

German

4 entries
  • Himmel! intj (hell!)
  • Teufel! intj (hell!)
  • zur Hölle! intj (hell!)
  • Brand name (abode for the condemned)

Greek

4 entries
  • Κόλαση name (abode for the condemned)
  • γέεννα name (abode for the condemned)
  • κόλαση name (abode for the condemned)
  • κόλαση noun (place of suffering in life)

Greenlandic

1 entries
  • anniarfik name (abode for the condemned)

Gujarati

2 entries
  • જહન્નમ name (abode for the condemned)
  • નરક name (abode for the condemned)

Hakka Chinese

2 entries
  • 地獄 /地狱 name (abode for the condemned)
  • 地獄 /地狱 noun (place of suffering in life)

Hawaiian

1 entries
  • kehena name (abode for the condemned)

Hebrew

3 entries
  • לעזאזל! intj (hell!)
  • גֵּיהִנּוֹם name (abode for the condemned)
  • גֵּיהִנּוֹם noun (place of suffering in life)

Hindi

4 entries
  • जहन्नम name (abode for the condemned)
  • नरक name (abode for the condemned)
  • यमलोक name (abode for the condemned)
  • जहन्नम noun (place of suffering in life)

Hittite

1 entries
  • 𒋼𒂊𒈾𒌋𒉿𒀸 name (abode for the condemned)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • pokol name (abode for the condemned)
  • pokol noun (place of suffering in life)

Icelandic

3 entries
  • helvítis! intj (hell!)
  • helvíti name (abode for the condemned)
  • helvíti noun (place of suffering in life)

Ido

1 entries
  • inferno name (abode for the condemned)

Igbo

1 entries
  • ọkụ mmụọ name (abode for the condemned)

Indonesian

4 entries
  • jahanam name (abode for the condemned)
  • neraka name (abode for the condemned)
  • jahanam noun (place of suffering in life)
  • neraka noun (place of suffering in life)

Ingrian

3 entries
  • aada name (abode for the condemned)
  • helvetti name (abode for the condemned)
  • vaadu name (abode for the condemned)

Ingush

1 entries
  • жожагӏате name (abode for the condemned)

Interlingua

2 entries
  • inferno name (abode for the condemned)
  • inferno noun (place of suffering in life)

Inuktitut

1 entries
  • ᐃᑯᒪᐊᓗᒃ name (abode for the condemned)

Iranian Persian

2 entries
  • جَهَنَّم name (abode for the condemned)
  • دوزَخ name (abode for the condemned)

Irish

2 entries
  • ifreann name (abode for the condemned)
  • ifreann noun (place of suffering in life)

Italian

2 entries
  • inferno name (abode for the condemned)
  • inferno noun (place of suffering in life)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 畜生 intj (hell!)
  • 糞 intj (hell!)
  • 地獄 name (abode for the condemned)
  • 奈落 name (abode for the condemned)

Kalmyk

1 entries
  • там name (abode for the condemned)

Kannada

1 entries
  • ನರಕ name (abode for the condemned)

Kazakh

4 entries
  • жаһаннам name (abode for the condemned)
  • тамұқ name (abode for the condemned)
  • тозақ name (abode for the condemned)
  • жаһаннам noun (place of suffering in life)

Khmer

4 entries
  • ឋាននរក name (abode for the condemned)
  • នរក name (abode for the condemned)
  • នរកកុណ្ឌ name (abode for the condemned)
  • និរៃ name (abode for the condemned)

Korean

4 entries
  • 나락 name (abode for the condemned)
  • 마계 name (abode for the condemned)
  • 지옥 name (abode for the condemned)
  • 지옥 noun (place of suffering in life)

Kyrgyz

4 entries
  • жаанам name (abode for the condemned)
  • жаханнам name (abode for the condemned)
  • тозок name (abode for the condemned)
  • жаанам noun (place of suffering in life)

Ladino

2 entries
  • geinam name (abode for the condemned)
  • inferno name (abode for the condemned)

Lao

4 entries
  • ນະຣົກ name (abode for the condemned)
  • ນະລົກ name (abode for the condemned)
  • ນະຣົກ noun (place of suffering in life)
  • ນະລົກ noun (place of suffering in life)

Latgalian

1 entries
  • eļne name (abode for the condemned)

Latin

3 entries
  • Tartarus name (abode for the condemned)
  • gehenna name (abode for the condemned)
  • infernum name (abode for the condemned)

Latvian

3 entries
  • elle name (abode for the condemned)
  • pekle name (abode for the condemned)
  • elle noun (place of suffering in life)

Lithuanian

2 entries
  • pragaras name (abode for the condemned)
  • pragaras noun (place of suffering in life)

Low German

1 entries
  • Helle name (abode for the condemned)

Lower Sorbian

2 entries
  • hela name (abode for the condemned)
  • pjakło name (abode for the condemned)

Lutuv

1 entries
  • athiykhy name (abode for the condemned)

Luxembourgish

1 entries
  • Häll name (abode for the condemned)

Macedonian

4 entries
  • пекол name (abode for the condemned)
  • џенем name (abode for the condemned)
  • пекол noun (place of suffering in life)
  • џенем noun (place of suffering in life)

Maguindanao

1 entries
  • naraka name (abode for the condemned)

Malay

4 entries
  • jahanam name (abode for the condemned)
  • neraka name (abode for the condemned)
  • jahanam noun (place of suffering in life)
  • neraka noun (place of suffering in life)

Malayalam

2 entries
  • ജഹന്നം name (abode for the condemned)
  • നരകം name (abode for the condemned)

Maltese

1 entries
  • infern name (abode for the condemned)

Manchu

1 entries
  • ᡳᠯᠮᡠᠨ name (abode for the condemned)

Maore Comorian

1 entries
  • moro name (abode for the condemned)

Maranao

1 entries
  • narka' name (abode for the condemned)

Marathi

1 entries
  • नर्क name (abode for the condemned)

Middle English

1 entries
  • helle name (abode for the condemned)

Middle Persian

1 entries
  • 𐭣𐭥𐭱𐭧𐭥𐭩 name (abode for the condemned)

Mongolian

4 entries
  • там name (abode for the condemned)
  • ᠲᠠᠮᠤ name (abode for the condemned)
  • там noun (place of suffering in life)
  • ᠲᠠᠮᠤ noun (place of suffering in life)

Mwali Comorian

1 entries
  • moro name (abode for the condemned)

Navajo

1 entries
  • chʼį́įdiitah name (abode for the condemned)

Nepali

1 entries
  • नरक name (abode for the condemned)

Newar

1 entries
  • नर्क name (abode for the condemned)

Norman

1 entries
  • enfé name (abode for the condemned)

Northern Kurdish

2 entries
  • cehnem name (abode for the condemned)
  • dûjeh name (abode for the condemned)

Northern Sami

3 entries
  • helvet! intj (hell!)
  • helvet name (abode for the condemned)
  • helvet noun (place of suffering in life)

Norwegian

1 entries
  • helvete! intj (hell!)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • helvete name (abode for the condemned)
  • helvete noun (place of suffering in life)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries
  • helvete name (abode for the condemned)
  • helvete noun (place of suffering in life)

Occitan

1 entries
  • infèrn name (abode for the condemned)

Odia

1 entries
  • ନର୍କ name (abode for the condemned)

Old East Slavic

2 entries
  • адъ name (abode for the condemned)
  • пекло name (abode for the condemned)

Old English

2 entries
  • hell name (abode for the condemned)
  • hell noun (place of suffering in life)

Old Irish

1 entries
  • ifernn name (abode for the condemned)

Old Norse

1 entries
  • helviti name (abode for the condemned)

Old Occitan

1 entries
  • enfern name (abode for the condemned)

Old Saxon

1 entries
  • hel name (abode for the condemned)

Old Tupi

2 entries
  • Anhanga retama name (abode for the condemned)
  • anhanga ratá name (abode for the condemned)

Oromo

1 entries
  • jaannama noun (place of suffering in life)

Ottoman Turkish

4 entries
  • جهنم name (abode for the condemned)
  • طامو name (abode for the condemned)
  • جهنم noun (place of suffering in life)
  • طامو noun (place of suffering in life)

Pali

1 entries
  • naraka name (abode for the condemned)

Pashto

4 entries
  • اورګړ name (abode for the condemned)
  • جاندم name (abode for the condemned)
  • جوغاش name (abode for the condemned)
  • دوزخ name (abode for the condemned)

Persian

2 entries
  • جَهَنَّم noun (place of suffering in life)
  • دوزَخ noun (place of suffering in life)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • Hal name (abode for the condemned)

Polish

2 entries
  • piekło name (abode for the condemned)
  • piekło noun (place of suffering in life)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • inferno name (abode for the condemned)
  • inferno noun (place of suffering in life)
  • inferno noun (extremely hot place)

Punjabi

2 entries
  • ਜਹੰਨਮ name (abode for the condemned)
  • ਨਰਕ name (abode for the condemned)

Romanian

3 entries
  • gheenă name (abode for the condemned)
  • iad name (abode for the condemned)
  • infern name (abode for the condemned)

Romansch

1 entries
  • enfiern name (abode for the condemned)

Russian

4 entries
  • чёрт intj (hell!)
  • ад name (abode for the condemned)
  • гее́нна о́гненная name (abode for the condemned)
  • пе́кло name (abode for the condemned)

Sanskrit

1 entries
  • नरक name (abode for the condemned)

Sardinian

1 entries
  • iferru name (abode for the condemned)

Saterland Frisian

2 entries
  • Hälle name (abode for the condemned)
  • Hälle noun (place of suffering in life)

Scottish Gaelic

3 entries
  • murt intj (hell!)
  • ifrinn name (abode for the condemned)
  • Ifrinn noun (place of suffering in life)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • ad name (abode for the condemned)
  • džehènem name (abode for the condemned)
  • pàkao name (abode for the condemned)
  • ад name (abode for the condemned)

Sicilian

2 entries
  • nfernu name (abode for the condemned)
  • nfernu noun (place of suffering in life)

Sinhalese

1 entries
  • නිරය name (abode for the condemned)

Slovak

2 entries
  • peklo name (abode for the condemned)
  • peklo noun (place of suffering in life)

Slovene

2 entries
  • pekel name (abode for the condemned)
  • pekel noun (place of suffering in life)

Southern Altai

3 entries
  • таамы name (abode for the condemned)
  • тамы name (abode for the condemned)
  • тамы noun (place of suffering in life)

Spanish

4 entries
  • carajo! intj (hell!)
  • diablos! intj (hell!)
  • joder! intj (hell!)
  • mierda! intj (hell!)

Sranan Tongo

1 entries
  • didibrikondre name (abode for the condemned)

Sumerian

1 entries
  • 𒆳 name (abode for the condemned)

Swahili

4 entries
  • jahanamu name (abode for the condemned)
  • kuzimu name (abode for the condemned)
  • jahanamu noun (place of suffering in life)
  • motoni noun (place of suffering in life)

Swedish

3 entries
  • helvete! intj (hell!)
  • helvete name (abode for the condemned)
  • helvete noun (place of suffering in life)

Tabasaran

1 entries
  • жегьеннем name (abode for the condemned)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • impiyerno name (abode for the condemned)

Tajik

4 entries
  • дӯзах name (abode for the condemned)
  • ҷаҳаннам name (abode for the condemned)
  • дӯзах noun (place of suffering in life)
  • ҷаҳаннам noun (place of suffering in life)

Tamil

2 entries
  • ஜஹன்னம் name (abode for the condemned)
  • நரகம் name (abode for the condemned)

Tatar

2 entries
  • җәһәннәм name (abode for the condemned)
  • җәһәннәм noun (place of suffering in life)

Telugu

2 entries
  • నరకం name (abode for the condemned)
  • నరకం noun (place of suffering in life)

Thai

3 entries
  • นรก name (abode for the condemned)
  • อบาย name (abode for the condemned)
  • นรก noun (place of suffering in life)

Tibetan

1 entries
  • དམྱལ་བ name (abode for the condemned)

Tigrinya

1 entries
  • ገሃነም name (abode for the condemned)

Tocharian B

1 entries
  • nrai name (abode for the condemned)

Turkish

4 entries
  • cehennem name (abode for the condemned)
  • tamu name (abode for the condemned)
  • cehennem noun (place of suffering in life)
  • tamu noun (place of suffering in life)

Turkmen

4 entries
  • dowzah name (abode for the condemned)
  • jähennem name (abode for the condemned)
  • dowzah noun (place of suffering in life)
  • jähennem noun (place of suffering in life)

Udi

1 entries
  • джаьгьаьннаьм name (abode for the condemned)

Udmurt

2 entries
  • ад name (abode for the condemned)
  • тамуг name (abode for the condemned)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • ад name (abode for the condemned)
  • геє́на вогне́нна name (abode for the condemned)
  • пе́кло name (abode for the condemned)
  • ад noun (place of suffering in life)

Upper Sorbian

1 entries
  • hela name (abode for the condemned)

Urdu

4 entries
  • جَہَنَّم name (abode for the condemned)
  • دوزَخ name (abode for the condemned)
  • نَرَک name (abode for the condemned)
  • جَہَنَّم noun (place of suffering in life)

Uyghur

4 entries
  • جەھەننەم name (abode for the condemned)
  • دوزاخ name (abode for the condemned)
  • جەھەننەم noun (place of suffering in life)
  • دوزاخ noun (place of suffering in life)

Uzbek

4 entries
  • doʻzax name (abode for the condemned)
  • jahannam name (abode for the condemned)
  • doʻzax noun (place of suffering in life)
  • jahannam noun (place of suffering in life)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • địa ngục name (abode for the condemned)

Volapük

2 entries
  • höl name (abode for the condemned)
  • höl noun (place of suffering in life)

Welsh

1 entries
  • uffern name (abode for the condemned)

West-Frisian

2 entries
  • hel name (abode for the condemned)
  • Hel noun (place of suffering in life)

White Hmong

1 entries
  • ntuj raug txim name (abode for the condemned)

Yakut

1 entries
  • үөдэн name (abode for the condemned)

Yiddish

4 entries
  • גיהנום name (abode for the condemned)
  • גענעם name (abode for the condemned)
  • גיהנום noun (place of suffering in life)
  • גענעם noun (place of suffering in life)

Yoruba

1 entries
  • ọ̀run àpáàdì name (abode for the condemned)

Zazaki

2 entries
  • cahnım (diq) name (abode for the condemned)
  • doze name (abode for the condemned)

Sample sentences

45 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The English poet Percy Shelley went so far as to call hell a city much like London.

Source: tatoeba (26156)

What the hell are you going to do with it?

Source: tatoeba (27514)

There will be hell to pay if I don't make this deadline.

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I'll follow you, come hell or high water.

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