transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈhel ]
noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old English helan to conceal, Old High German helan, Latin celare, Greek kalyptein
Date: before 12th century
1.
a.
(1) : a nether world in which the dead continue to exist : Hades
(2) : the nether realm of the devil and the demons in which the damned suffer everlasting punishment — often used in curses
go to hell
or as a generalized term of abuse
the hell with it
b. Christian Science : error 2b, sin
2.
a. : a place or state of misery, torment, or wickedness
war is hell — W. T. Sherman
b. : a place or state of turmoil or destruction
all hell broke loose
c. : a severe scolding ; also : flak , grief
gave me hell for coming in late
d. : unrestrained fun or sportiveness
the kids were full of hell
— often used in the phrase for the hell of it especially to suggest action on impulse or without a serious motive
decided to go for the hell of it
e. : an extremely unpleasant and often inescapable situation
rush-hour hell
3. archaic : a tailor's receptacle
4. — used as an interjection
hell , I don't know!
or as an intensive
hurts like hell
funny as hell
— often used in the phrase hell of a
it was one hell of a good fight
or hell out of
scared the hell out of him
or with the or in
moved way the hell up north
what in hell is wrong, now?
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- from hell
- hell on
- hell or high water
- hell to pay
- what the hell