the hell

noun

informal + impolite

1

—used to make a statement or question more forceful

Let's get the hell out of here.

(chiefly US) They moved way the hell up north.

What the hell is going on?

2

—used to say in an angry and forceful way that one will not do something, does not agree, etc.

"It's your fault!" "The hell it is!"

Examples of the hell in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

After the War Raiders evened the odds, Priest beat Balor beat the hell out of one another one-on-one, including Priest crashing Balor through the barricade. —Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025

So is seemingly everyone else — except Edward, left to stare into the middle distance and wonder what the hell is going on. —Chris Vognar, Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2025

And when Lions owner Sheila Ford Hamp, her team 1-6 in 2022, walked out unscheduled to address a bunch of reporters and tell everyone to back the hell off, people snickered. —Nick Baumgardner, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025

Go ahead, have fun, Miss Jigglypuff, shut the hell up! —EW.com, 1 Jan. 2025