ˈhellful [f. hell n. + -ful.] As many as hell could hold. 1637Rutherford Lett. (1862) I. 218 Christ hath..casten the knot so fast that the fingers of the devils and hell-fulls of sins cannot loose it.1884J. Parker Apost. Life III. 15 A host, an army, a whole..hellful of human nature.