the hell

noun

informal + impolite

1

—used to make a statement or question more forceful

Let's get the hell out of here.

(chiefly US) They moved way the hell up north.

What the hell is going on?

2

—used to say in an angry and forceful way that one will not do something, does not agree, etc.

"It's your fault!" "The hell it is!"

Examples of the hell in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

There isn’t much in Aaron Sorkin’s script that rings the slightest bit true — this is a very movie version of the military — but Reiner is smart enough to simply hand the wild, showy moments to Tom Cruise and Demi Moore and (especially) Jack Nicholson and get the hell out of their way. —Will Leitch, Vulture, 13 Sep. 2025

What the hell is this song about? —Josh Glicksman, Billboard, 12 Sep. 2025

Her mood gets significantly worse when humanity undergoes an abrupt and unprecedented change, leaving her to figure out what the hell is going on — and how to fix it. —Kristen Baldwin, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Sep. 2025

But for you as an actor, to be in a show that's connected to a show like The Office that has that legacy behind it, that would intimidate the hell out of me. —H. Alan Scott, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025

Rhymes for the hell

• barbell
• bedwell
• befell
• bluebell
• bombshell
• bridewell
• capelle
• cartel
• carvel
• clamshell
• cogswell
• compel