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单词 Gehenna
释义

Gehenna

noun

Ge·​hen·​na gi-ˈhe-nə How to pronounce Gehenna (audio)
1
: a place or state of misery
2
: hell sense 1a(2)

Synonyms

  • agony
  • hell
  • horror
  • misery
  • murder
  • nightmare
  • torment
  • torture
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Example Sentences

the depression that has enshrouded her since the death of her husband is a Gehenna from which she may never be released in a fire-and-brimstone sermon, the evangelist warned those assembled that they faced the fires of Gehenna if they failed to repent

Word History

Etymology

Late Latin, from Greek Geenna, from Hebrew Gē' Hinnōm, literally, valley of Hinnom

First Known Use

circa 1534, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Gehenna

noun

1
as in nightmare
a situation or state that causes great suffering and unhappiness the depression that has enshrouded her since the death of her husband is a Gehenna from which she may never be released

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • nightmare
  • torment
  • agony
  • misery
  • torture
  • hell
  • horror
  • murder
  • curse
  • tragedy
  • ordeal
  • cross
  • tribulation
  • misfortune
  • calamity
  • calvary
  • thorn
  • trial
  • affliction
  • gall
  • drag
  • downer
  • bummer

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • heaven
  • paradise
  • pleasure
  • joy
  • recreation
  • entertainment
  • fun
  • diversion
  • delight
  • riot
  • picnic
  • lark
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2
as in hell
the place of punishment for the wicked after death in a fire-and-brimstone sermon, the evangelist warned those assembled that they faced the fires of Gehenna if they failed to repent

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • hell
  • inferno
  • perdition
  • Tophet
  • Pandemonium
  • abyss
  • hades
  • underworld
  • purgatory
  • netherworld
  • pit
  • blazes
  • hellfire
  • Sheol
  • Tartarus
  • shades
  • fire and brimstone

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • heaven
  • paradise
  • sky
  • empyrean
  • bliss
  • elysian fields
  • kingdom come
  • Zion
  • glory
  • Sion
  • Elysium
  • nirvana
  • promised land
  • New Jerusalem
  • Valhalla
  • happy hunting ground
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