HELLFIRE Synonyms: 33 Similar and Opposite Words

hellfire

noun

Definition of hellfire

as in pit

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Recent Examples of hellfire Call it spring hellfire, the Heat Miser’s meddling or the harbinger of summer — a historic heat wave is descending on Arizona, bringing three-digit temperatures to Phoenix. — Sarah Henry, AZCentral.com, 18 Mar. 2026 Across all those years, though, the game itself has barely changed, becoming something of a familiar, comfortable blanket of hellfire for longtime players. — Kyle Orland, ArsTechnica, 19 Feb. 2026 Mahon ran Channel 4 for eight years and is seen as a savvy political and commercial operator, who is sure-footed under scrutiny — all attributes that would serve her well in the hellfire moments that often come with running the BBC. — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 9 Jan. 2026 Instead of hellfire, Skate Story utilizes a vaporwave aesthetic to create an emotional journey throughout the Underworld. — George Yang, Forbes.com, 30 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for hellfire

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Noun

Reddick had moved up the track to give Noah Gragson room after Gragson was exiting pit road, but Bowman was suddenly called to the pits and tried cutting down from the top lane.

— Jordan Bianchi, New York Times, 20 July 2026
Though the scale of the olive pits was surprising, the types of food were not.

— Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 19 July 2026

Definition of pit

Noun

This week, Gracie Abrams pens a tearjerker on mother-daughter relationships, Steve Lacy escapes the abyss of a breakup on a colossal double track, and Beabadoobee contemplates risk and reward on a fuzzy new single.

— Rolling Stone, Rolling Stone, 17 July 2026
As happened four years ago, Argentina look into the abyss and see what no one else sees.

— James Horncastle, New York Times, 16 July 2026

Definition of abyss

Noun

Under cover of awkward teen dancing, the pair slipped into the library, riffled through the card catalog, and discovered, in addition to Soul on Ice, eight other volumes in PONY-U perdition.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 25 June 2026
Sloth, after all, is a deadly sin, and it was often seen as the first step on the slippery slope to perdition.

— JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 31 Oct. 2025

Definition of perdition

Noun

The counter-cultural elements of UFO folklore are starting to fade as the government embraces the mystery, but perhaps Vance’s beliefs will inject some old-fashioned fire and brimstone into the topic.

— Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2026
Trump decided to preach fire and brimstone at the normally bipartisan and staid National Prayer Breakfast — rivaling his performance at Davos recently.

— Rob Crilly, The Washington Examiner, 6 Feb. 2026

Definition of fire and brimstone

Noun

In Harrenhal, Aemond is plagued by nightmares of his (not) dead brother dragging him to hell.

— Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 20 July 2026
After being a key to the victory of the Trojan War, Greek hero Odysseus (Matt Damon) goes to hell and back trying to get home to his wife (Anne Hathaway) and son (Tom Holland) in Nolan's brutal yet introspective adaptation of Homer's epic poem.

— Brian Truitt, USA Today, 17 July 2026

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