hellish
English
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Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈhɛlɪʃ/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɛlɪʃ
- Hyphenation: hell‧ish
Adjective
[edit]hellish (comparative more hellish, superlative most hellish)
- infernal, related or similar to hell.
- Synonyms: helly, stygian; see also Thesaurus:infernal
- Antonym: heavenly
- 1589–1592 (date written), Ch[ristopher] Marl[owe], The Tragicall History of D. Faustus. […], London: […] V[alentine] S[immes] for Thomas Bushell, published 1604, →OCLC, signature [F3], recto:
- Fauſtus is gone, regard his helliſh fall, / Whoſe fiendful fortune may exhort the wiſe, / Onely to wonder at vnlawful things, […]
- (hyperbolic) causing great pain, discomfort or distress.
- Synonyms: awful, horrible, infernal, nightmarish, terrible; see also Thesaurus:agonizing, Thesaurus:bad
- Antonym: heavenly
- I woke up from a hellish noise coming from the house next door.
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[edit]infernal — see infernal
causing pain, discomfort or distress
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