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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 | ||
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