hell

noun

1 place bad people are said to go to when they die

ADJECTIVE

▪ eternal

VERB + HELL

▪ go to

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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

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

PHRASES

▪ the … from hell

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

▪ hell on earth

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