hell

hell
noun
1 place bad people are said to go to when they die
ADJECTIVE
eternal
VERB + HELL
go to

He was terrified of going to hell when he died.

HELL + NOUN
fire (usually hellfire)
PREPOSITION
in hell

tormented souls in hell

PHRASES
the fires of hell, the flames of hell

Lava poured out of the volcano, glowing like the fires of hell.

2 very unpleasant place/situation
ADJECTIVE
absolute, pure, sheer, total (esp. AmE), utter

It was sheer hell having to sit through hours of boring lectures!

living

The last few weeks have been a living hell for the refugees.

personal, private

She'd been going through her own personal hell over the last month.

suburban, urban
VERB + HELL
endure, go through

She's been going through hell with that bad tooth.

give sb, make sb's life

Her boss is making her life hell.

escape

I'm never going to escape this hell.

PREPOSITION
in hell

‘We're living in hell!’ said one of the refugees.

PHRASES
the … from hell

She's the girlfriend from hell—I don't know know why he puts up with her.

hell on earth

For someone who doesn't like heat, Florida would be hell on earth.


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  • hell — ► NOUN 1) a place regarded in various religions as a spiritual realm of evil and suffering, often depicted as a place of perpetual fire beneath the earth to which the wicked are sent after death. 2) a state or place of great suffering. ►… …   English terms dictionary

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