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

Red Sox Twitter was blowing up with fans electronically screaming at Breslow to wake the hell up and do something — anything. —Dan Freedman, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025

Is bombing the hell out of everything and everyone the only tactic that Prime Minister Netanyahu can come up with? Gaza has the highest number of children with amputations in the world, per capita. —Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 2 Aug. 2025

If these creatures can get along, why the hell can't humans? —Laura Schulte, jsonline.com, 31 July 2025

Everyone was looking at her, thinking, ‘What the hell’s that?’. —Charlotte Harpur, New York Times, 26 July 2025

Rhymes for the hell

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• compel