1
b
Christian Science
: error sense 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
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 motivedecided 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 intensivehurts like hell
funny as hell
—often used in the phrase hell of ait was one hell of a good fight
or hell out ofscared the hell out of him
or with the or inmoved way the hell up north
what in hell is wrong, now?
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Merriam-Webster unabridged
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