1
as in inferno
the place of punishment for the wicked after death
condemned to hell for their sins
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2
as in nightmare
a situation or state that causes great suffering and unhappiness
picking cotton under the hot summer sun was hell
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3
as in havoc
a state in which everything is out of order
all hell broke loose when the jury's verdict was announced
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Recent Examples of hell
The sulfurous scent of hell wafted on the sea breeze.
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Caity Weaver, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2025
Mauser is a man with a dream no one respects, who goes to hell and back in pursuit of greatness.
—Patrick Hipes, Deadline, 6 Oct. 2025
Visiting here is a special kind of hell for me.
—Ron Arias, PEOPLE, 5 Oct. 2025
Unsurprisingly, The Life of a Showgirl is a stark departure from last year’s deeply personal, prosaic, and tortured-as-hell The Tortured Poets Department.
—Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2025
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Caity Weaver, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2025
Mauser is a man with a dream no one respects, who goes to hell and back in pursuit of greatness.
—Patrick Hipes, Deadline, 6 Oct. 2025
Visiting here is a special kind of hell for me.
—Ron Arias, PEOPLE, 5 Oct. 2025
Unsurprisingly, The Life of a Showgirl is a stark departure from last year’s deeply personal, prosaic, and tortured-as-hell The Tortured Poets Department.
—Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hell
Noun
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The scrutiny comes after the arrest of Jonathan Rinderknecht, who is accused of setting a smaller blaze six days earlier that authorities say sparked the larger inferno.—
Barnini Chakraborty,
The Washington Examiner,
11 Oct. 2025
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His partner also appeared to help pull the man away from the inferno.—
Bonny Chu,
FOXNews.com,
11 Oct. 2025
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The cult classic was based on a nightmare director Don Coscarelli had, and it's best viewed that way.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
18 Oct. 2025
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The Hurricanes’ defensive front, buoyed by edge rushers like Rueben Bain and Akheem Mesidor, is a nightmare matchup for any passing offense.—
Ben Verbrugge,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Oct. 2025
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Who could possibly top the diary of havoc written in Santa Clara?—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
18 Oct. 2025
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There, the Brewers’ havoc seemed to start.—
Fabian Ardaya,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
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The spirits of the three boys then help to defeat the Grabber and he's sent back to the abyss.—
Megan McCluskey,
Time,
18 Oct. 2025
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With each loss, with each mistake Glenn makes — on the field, at the podium — questions about his ability to do the impossible (bring the Jets back from the abyss) intensify.—
Zack Rosenblatt,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
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Aches and pains don’t compare to the agony of an unrealized dream.—
Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
13 Oct. 2025
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But this specific take on the agony and the, well, extra helping of agony that parenthood often feels like is all hers.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
10 Oct. 2025
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By contrast, the ICE facility was a mess of overflowing dumpsters, loose body armor and crowd control munitions and a broken HVAC air conditioning system that raised both temperatures and tempers in the aging building.—
Keith Wilson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Oct. 2025
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Carving out the insides of a jack o'lantern leaves you with a big ol mess of pumpkin seeds and innards.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
18 Oct. 2025
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California policymakers continue to make laws and allow regulators to contrive rules that make California a land of perdition rather than destination for enterprise because they have been captured by left-of-center interests.—
Kerry Jackson,
Oc Register,
13 Sep. 2025
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And there’s nothing to do but flee as though escaping perdition or howl as though hunting salvation.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 Aug. 2025
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While most of us on the plane were in this same unexpected predicament, a passenger nearby didn't seem to be sharing in our misery thanks to a compact gadget propped up their phone to the perfect viewing height.—
Anita Katee,
Travel + Leisure,
18 Oct. 2025
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His matchup against Minnesota could add to the misery.—
Brad Evans,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
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“Hell.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hell. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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