English word senses marked with topical category "Hell"
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Total 33 word senses
- Gehenna (Proper name) Hell.
- Hades (Proper name) The underworld, the domain of Hades, by transference from its god.
- Hades (Proper name) Hell.
- Hades (Proper name) Hell.; Hell as a waiting place for damned souls before the Last Judgement, after which they may be cast in Gehenna.
- Hell (Proper name) Alternative spelling of Hel.
- Malebolge (Proper name) The eighth circle of Hell in the Divine Comedy.
- Sheol (Proper name) The realm of the dead, the common grave of mankind, Hell. In older English translations of the Bible, notably the Authorized Version or King James Bible, this word sheol is translated inconsistently and variously as grave (31 times), pit (3 times) or hell (31 times: e.g., De. 32:22; 2Sa. 22:6; Job 11:8; Ps. 9:17).
- Tartarus (Proper name) A dark and gloomy part of the realm of Hades, reserved for the damned and the wicked, such as the Titans; an equivalent of hell in Greek and Roman mythology.
- Te (Proper name) The realm of the dead in Egyptian mythology.
- bottomless pit (Noun) Hell.
- burn in hell (Verb) To spend the afterlife suffering in hell.
- damnation (Noun) The state of being damned; condemnation; openly expressed disapprobation.
- damnation (Noun) Condemnation to everlasting punishment in the future state, or the punishment itself.
- damnation (Interjection) Expressing annoyance or disappointment; damn; dammit.
- demonspawn (Noun) demonic creatures; hellspawn
- down below (Noun) Hell.
- down under (Prepositional phrase) Hell; in Hell.
- fire and brimstone (Noun) The traditional punishments of Hell.
- harrowing of hell (Noun) A raid into the underworld by a heroic figure.
- hell (Verb) To make hellish; to place (someone) in hell; to make (a place) into a hell.
- hell-born (Adjective) Born of or in hell.
- hellfire (Noun) The fire of Hell.
- hellhound (Noun) A demonic dog of hell, typically of unnatural size, strength or speed, with black fur, glowing eyes, and ghostly or phantom characteristics.
- hellish (Adjective) infernal, related or similar to hell
- hellish (Adjective) causing great pain, discomfort or distress
- hellspawn (Noun) A creature or creatures from hell.
- infernal (Adjective) Of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish.
- infernal (Adjective) Of or relating to a fire or inferno.
- infernal (Adjective) Stygian, gloomy.
- inferno (Noun) A place or situation resembling Hell.
- netherworld (Noun) Specifically, a location of punishment in the afterlife; a hell.
- the bad place (Noun) Hell.
- the other place (Noun) Hell
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