- hell
- noun1 place bad people are said to go to when they dieADJECTIVE▪ eternalVERB + 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/situationADJECTIVE▪ 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, urbanVERB + 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.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.