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[ hel-ish ] / ˈhɛl ɪʃ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR hellish ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectiveof, like, or suitable to hell; infernal; vile; horrible: It was a hellish war. miserable; abominable; execrable: We had a hellish time getting through traffic. devilishly bad: The child's behavior was hellish most of the day. Origin of hellishFirst recorded in 1520–30; hell + -ish1 OTHER WORDS FROM hellishhell·ish·ly, adverbhell·ish·ness, nounWords nearby hellishhellhole, hellhound, Hellinger, Hellin's law, hellion, hellish, hellkite, Hellman, Hellman, Lillian, hello, hell of a Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for hellishBut there is much to be said for a private, hellish experience becoming an issue of public debate. Harsh Truths About Domestic Violence: Why Voicing Terrible Experiences Can Help Others|Lizzie Crocker|September 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST From Ferguson to Gaza to Iraq, this summer has been hellish. Summer 2014 Was the Worst Ever|Dean Obeidallah|August 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST He was finally released in 2004, after almost 40 hellish years of brutal internment. We Lost Soldiers in the Hunt for Bergdahl, a Guy Who Walked Off in the Dead of Night|Nathan Bradley Bethea|June 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST Then I went back and let that hellish fluid out of the pool, and turning on all the water, washed the marble clean of every drop. Read ‘The King in Yellow,’ the ‘True Detective’ Reference That’s the Key to the Show|Robert W. Chambers|February 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
You paint the world in hellish colors and then offer yourself or your program as a savior. Sunday Q&A: Josef Joffe on the Myth of American Decline|Michael Moynihan|November 17, 2013|DAILY BEAST At any moment he expected to hear a hellish bedlam break loose—the beginning of the mutiny. In the Orbit of Saturn|Roman Frederick Starzl Great is the British Navy, magnificent are its officers and men, but hellish was the work of "forcing the Dardanelles." Trooper Bluegum at the Dardanelles|Oliver Hogue Remembering what you once were, your pastimes and love of luxury, this seems as hellish a place and existence as even you deserve. The Place Beyond the Winds|Harriet T. Comstock It was light enough for Tommy to see the face of the ruler of the hellish swarm. Astounding Stories of Super-Science January 1930|Victor Rousseau "It's this hellish heat," he asserted, lifting her to the bed. Cytherea|Joseph Hergesheimer
British Dictionary definitions for hellish
adjectiveof or resembling hell wicked; cruel informal very difficult or unpleasant adverbBritish informal (intensifier)a hellish good idea Derived forms of hellishhellishly, adverbhellishness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to hellishinfernal, terrible, horrible, abominable, accursed, atrocious, barbarous, cruel, damnable, damned, demonic, devilish, diabolical, monstrous, nefarious, satanic, vicious, wicked |