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Definitions for: Hell
[n] noisy and unrestrained mischief; "raising blazes"
[n] (colloquial) violent and excited activity; "they began to fight like sin"
[n] a cause of difficulty and suffering; "war is hell"; "go to blazes"
[n] (in various religions) the world of the dead; "he didn't want to go to hell when he died"
[n] (Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment; "Hurl'd headlong...To bottomless perdition, there to dwell"- John Milton; "a demon from the depths of the pit"
[n] any place of pain and turmoil; "the hell of battle"; "the inferno of the engine room"; "when you're alone Christmas is the pits";
Webster (1913) Definition: Hell, n. [AS. hell; akin to D. hel, OHG. hella, G.
h["o]lle, Icel. hal, Sw. helfvete, Dan. helvede, Goth. halja,
and to AS. helan to conceal. ???. Cf. Hele, v. t.,
Conceal, Cell, Helmet, Hole, Occult.]
1. The place of the dead, or of souls after death; the grave;
-- called in Hebrew sheol, and by the Greeks hades.
He descended into hell. --Book of
Common Prayer.
Thou wilt not leave my soul in hell. --Ps. xvi. 10.
2. The place or state of punishment for the wicked after
death; the abode of evil spirits. Hence, any mental
torment; anguish. ``Within him hell.'' --Milton.
It is a knell That summons thee to heaven or to
hell. --Shak.
3. A place where outcast persons or things are gathered; as:
(a) A dungeon or prison; also, in certain running games, a
place to which those who are caught are carried for
detention.
(b) A gambling house. ``A convenient little gambling hell
for those who had grown reckless.'' --W. Black.
(c) A place into which a tailor throws his shreds, or a
printer his broken type. --Hudibras.
Gates of hell. (Script.) See Gate, n., 4.
Hell, v. t.
To overwhelm. [Obs.] --Spenser.
Synonyms: blaze, blaze, Hades, Hel, hell on earth, hellhole, infernal region, Inferno, nether region, netherworld, perdition, Scheol, sin, snake pit, the pit, the pits, underworld
Antonyms: Heaven
See Also: Acheron, activity, Cocytus, devilment, devilry, deviltry, Gehenna, hellfire, imaginary place, Lethe, mischief, mischief-making, mischievousness, part, rascality, red region, region, River Acheron, River Cocytus, River Lethe, River Styx, roguery, roguishness, shenanigan, Styx, Tartarus, trouble
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