Life is more hellish than hell itself.
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Hellish
//ˈhɛlɪʃ//
Synonyms for "hellish" (126 found)
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Closest matches (26)
infernalacheronticanarchicangryanimalanthropophagousatrociousawfulbarbaricbarbarousbeastlybestialblackbloodthirstybloodybloody mindedbloody-mindedblusteringblusterousblustery
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Adjective(1 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Strong matches (37)
Related words (63)
hellbornhorribleinfuriateinhumaninhumaneinsensateletheanmadmephistophelianmindlessmonstrousmurderousnightmarishogreishorgasmicorgasticpandemoniacpandemonicplutonianplutonic
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purgatorialragingraveningravingrip roaringrip-roaringruthlesssadisticsanguinarysanguineoussatanicsavagescorchingsharkishslaveringstormingstormystygiansubhumansulfuroustartareantempestuousterribletroubloustruculenttumultuousturbulentunchristianuncivilizedungodlyunhumanuproariousviciousvilewildwolfish
Adjective(4 words)
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Antonyms
1 entriesSynonyms
7 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
3 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
2 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
34 translations across 26 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- جَحِيمِيّ adj (causing pain, discomfort or distress)
- جَهَنَّمِيّ adj (causing pain, discomfort or distress)
Armenian
1 entries- դժոխային adj (causing pain, discomfort or distress)
Belarusian
1 entries- пяке́льны adj (causing pain, discomfort or distress)
Bulgarian
2 entries- а́дски adj (causing pain, discomfort or distress)
- пъ́клен adj (causing pain, discomfort or distress)
Czech
1 entries- pekelný adj (causing pain, discomfort or distress)
Danish
2 entries- helvedes adj (causing pain, discomfort or distress)
- infernalsk adj (causing pain, discomfort or distress)
Dutch
1 entries- hels adj (causing pain, discomfort or distress)
Finnish
1 entries- helvetillinen adj (causing pain, discomfort or distress)
French
1 entries- infernal adj (causing pain, discomfort or distress)
German
1 entries- höllisch adj (causing pain, discomfort or distress)
Italian
1 entries- infernale adj (causing pain, discomfort or distress)
Macedonian
2 entries- адски adj (causing pain, discomfort or distress)
- пеколен adj (causing pain, discomfort or distress)
Malayalam
1 entries- നരക adj (causing pain, discomfort or distress)
Norman
1 entries- înfèrna adj (causing pain, discomfort or distress)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- helvetes adj (causing pain, discomfort or distress)
- infernalsk adj (causing pain, discomfort or distress)
Polish
1 entries- piekielny adj (causing pain, discomfort or distress)
Portuguese
1 entries- infernal adj (causing pain, discomfort or distress)
Romanian
1 entries- infernal adj (causing pain, discomfort or distress)
Russian
2 entries- а́довый adj (causing pain, discomfort or distress)
- а́дский adj (causing pain, discomfort or distress)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- pàklen adj (causing pain, discomfort or distress)
- па̀клен adj (causing pain, discomfort or distress)
Slovak
1 entries- pekelný adj (causing pain, discomfort or distress)
Slovene
1 entries- peklenski adj (causing pain, discomfort or distress)
Spanish
1 entries- infernal adj (causing pain, discomfort or distress)
Swedish
2 entries- helvetisk adj (causing pain, discomfort or distress)
- infernalisk adj (causing pain, discomfort or distress)
Ukrainian
1 entries- пеке́льний adj (causing pain, discomfort or distress)
Urdu
1 entries- جَہَنَّمی adj (causing pain, discomfort or distress)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
Tobacco, divine, rare, superexcellent tobacco, which goes far beyond all the panaceas, potable gold, and philosopher's stones, a sovereign remedy to all diseases...but as it is commonly abused by most men, which take it as tinkers do ale, 'tis a plague, a mischief, a violent purger of goods, lands, health, hellish, devilish and damned tobacco, the ruin and overthrow of body and soul.
Source: tatoeba (411108)
The road to simplicity is paved with hellish complexities.
Source: tatoeba (812923)
It sounds nothing to hear, but it was hellish to see.
Source: tatoeba (1629428)
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