English noun: hell | |||
1. | hell (location) any place of pain and turmoil | ||
Samples | The hell of battle. The inferno of the engine room. When you're alone Christmas is the pits. | ||
Synonyms | hell on earth, hellhole, inferno, snake pit, the pits | ||
Broader (hypernym) | part, region | ||
2. | hell (event) a cause of difficulty and suffering | ||
Samples | War is hell. Go to blazes. | ||
Synonyms | blaze | ||
Broader (hypernym) | trouble | ||
3. | Hell (cognition) (Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment | ||
Samples | Hurl'd headlong...To bottomless perdition, there to dwell. A demon from the depths of the pit. Hell is paved with good intentions. | ||
Synonyms | infernal region, Inferno, nether region, perdition, pit | ||
Broader (hypernym) | fictitious place, imaginary place, mythical place | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | Gehenna, hellfire, red region, Tartarus | ||
Domain category | Christian religion, Christianity | ||
Antonyms | heaven | ||
4. | Hell (cognition) (religion) the world of the dead | ||
Samples | No one goes to Hades with all his immense wealth. | ||
Synonyms | Hades, infernal region, netherworld, Scheol, underworld | ||
Broader (hypernym) | fictitious place, imaginary place, mythical place | ||
Part holonym | Acheron, Cocytus, Lethe, River Acheron, River Cocytus, River Lethe, River Styx, Styx | ||
Domain category | faith, religion, religious belief | ||
5. | hell (act) violent and excited activity | ||
Samples | They began to fight like sin. | ||
Synonyms | sin | ||
Broader (hypernym) | activity | ||
Domain usage | colloquialism | ||
6. | hell (act) noisy and unrestrained mischief | ||
Samples | Raising blazes. | ||
Synonyms | blaze | ||
Broader (hypernym) | devilment, devilry, deviltry, mischief, mischief-making, mischievousness, rascality, roguery, roguishness, shenanigan | ||