Definitions

1. noun

a place or state of great suffering, pain, or evil; a region of the underworld, especially in Christian theology, where the wicked are punished after death.

“The firefighters rushed into the burning building, facing hell itself.”

2. noun

a state of intense mental or emotional anguish, often caused by extreme fear, anxiety, or despair.

“She was trapped in a living hell of her own making, unable to escape her troubled past.”

3. interjection

an expression of strong emotion, especially anger, frustration, or despair.

“Hell, I’ve been waiting for this moment for years!”

4. verb

to make someone or something suffer greatly; to torment or torture.

“The dictator was accused of hell-ing the innocent civilians during the war.”

5. adverb

used to emphasize the extremity of something.

“The traffic was hell awful, we got stuck for hours.”