"as hell" meaning in All languages combined

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Adverb [English]

Audio: En-au-as hell.ogg
Head templates: {{head|en|adverb}} as hell
  1. (postpositive, simile) To a great extent or degree; very. Tags: postpositional Translations (very): да хале́ры (da xaljéry) (Belarusian), ~到死 (dou³ sei²) (Chinese Cantonese), ~到鬼 (dou³ gwai²) (Chinese Cantonese), 鬼咁~ (gwai² gam³) (Chinese Cantonese), jako prase (Czech), pisse- (Danish), als de pest (Dutch), als de neten (Dutch), à mort (French), à crever (French), da morire (Italian), cholernie (Polish), jak cholera (Polish), jak diabli (Polish), jak jasna cholera (Polish), jak jasny gwint (Polish), jak nie wiem (Polish), jak nie wiem co (Polish), jak sto diabłów (Polish), jak wszyscy diabli (Polish), pra caralho (Portuguese), ca dracu (Romanian), черто́вски (čertóvski) (Russian), som fan (Swedish), så in i helvete (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-as_hell-en-adv-1r6dzJpd Categories (other): English similes Disambiguation of 'very': 99 1
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see as, hell. Synonyms: as all hell, as a motherfucker, as anything, as fuck, as heck (english: less vulgar), as shit, as Related terms: hot as hell
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Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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