noun
1 place bad people are said to go to when they die
ADJECTIVE
▪ eternal
VERB + HELL
▪ go to
▪
He was terrified of going to ~ when he died.
HELL + NOUN
▪ fire (usually hellfire )
PREPOSITION
▪ in ~
▪
tormented souls in ~
PHRASES
▪ the fires of ~ , the flames of ~
▪
Lava poured out of the volcano, glowing like the fires of ~.
2 very unpleasant place/situation
ADJECTIVE
▪ absolute , pure , sheer , total ( esp. AmE ), utter
▪
It was sheer ~ having to sit through hours of boring lectures!
▪ living
▪
The last few weeks have been a living ~ for the refugees.
▪ personal , private
▪
She'd been going through her own personal ~ over the last month.
▪ suburban , urban
VERB + HELL
▪ endure , go through
▪
She's been going through ~ with that bad tooth.
▪ give sb , make sb's life
▪
Her boss is making her life ~.
▪ escape
▪
I'm never going to escape this ~.
PREPOSITION
▪ in ~
▪
‘We're living in ~!’ said one of the refugees.
PHRASES
▪ the … from ~
▪
She's the girlfriend from hell—I don't know know why he puts up with her.
▪ ~ on earth
▪
For someone who doesn't like heat, Florida would be ~ on earth.