1
as in inferno
the place of punishment for the wicked after death
condemned to hell for their sins
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2
as in nightmare
a situation or state that causes great suffering and unhappiness
picking cotton under the hot summer sun was hell
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as in havoc
a state in which everything is out of order
all hell broke loose when the jury's verdict was announced
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Recent Examples of hell
Thank you to everyone who stood up, raised hell and demanded justice.
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Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2026
Then those lights flick off abruptly, dropping us into the dark like an elevator glitching down a floor, instead of delivering a creeping descent to hell.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 19 Mar. 2026
For the mocambos, the plantation was hell.
—Literary Hub, 19 Mar. 2026
Since Gary was on the road, Georgia rang up Lou, giving her hell.
—Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 17 Mar. 2026
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Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2026
Then those lights flick off abruptly, dropping us into the dark like an elevator glitching down a floor, instead of delivering a creeping descent to hell.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 19 Mar. 2026
For the mocambos, the plantation was hell.
—Literary Hub, 19 Mar. 2026
Since Gary was on the road, Georgia rang up Lou, giving her hell.
—Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 17 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hell
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Where exactly was that blazing inferno of passion on the diamond?—
Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
30 Mar. 2026
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Separately, a Cal Fire task force has issued preliminary recommendations in the wake of the inferno.—
Joe Rubin,
Sacbee.com,
26 Mar. 2026
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But after the brutal crash on the first run and a second run that wasn’t much better, the dream looked to be more of a nightmare.—
Gawon Bae,
CNN Money,
27 Mar. 2026
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But the party could face a nightmare scenario in the nation's most populous state, where polling shows Republicans Steve Hilton and Chad Bianco leading the pack in the June 2 nonpartisan primary.—
Phillip M. Bailey,
USA Today,
27 Mar. 2026
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Working low to high, causing havoc on the forecheck, getting pucks back.—
Corey Masisak,
Denver Post,
21 Mar. 2026
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Wild extremes of temperature, a heat dome, a potent bomb cyclone blizzard, epic rainfalls and violent tornadoes have wreaked weather havoc across the nation.—
Doyle Rice,
USA Today,
17 Mar. 2026
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The person who survives the abyss is the one with a dozen people standing at the top holding a rope.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
31 Mar. 2026
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The financial institution's weekly airline industry update offers a peek into the abyss.—
ANDREA SACHS THE WASHINGTON POST,
Arkansas Online,
29 Mar. 2026
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Most Miami Beach residents and visitors have likely seen the giant bronze sculpture of an outstretched arm reaching to the sky as hundreds of small human figures cling to it and each other with expressions of agony.—
Lauren Costantino
March 27,
Miami Herald,
27 Mar. 2026
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But in the short term, the decision is likely to be popular with millions of Americans who’ve seen all the airport agony and have never liked the idea of using federal government shutdowns — of any kind, by either party — to win partisan policy fights.—
U T Editorial Board,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 Mar. 2026
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When Angie spills the smoothie accidentally, PAT’s floor absorbers are activated, and the mess literally disappears into the floorboards.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 Apr. 2026
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Now, to be fair, this season has been a mess from a health standpoint.—
Mike Bianchi,
The Orlando Sentinel,
2 Apr. 2026
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Misprisions of this kind were more likely to occur, the experts argued, in religious settings marked by the rigorous policing of strict ethical injunctions or an emphasis on particular states of mind as markers of grace or perdition.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Mar. 2026
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Sloth, after all, is a deadly sin, and it was often seen as the first step on the slippery slope to perdition.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
31 Oct. 2025
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In that case, misery turned into something less miserable (at least until the start of the playoffs).—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
1 Apr. 2026
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Two decades of misery In truth, Italy started the game on top, scoring in the 15th minute through Fiorentina forward Moise Kean to set up what should have been a smooth, routine win.—
Ben Church,
CNN Money,
1 Apr. 2026
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“Hell.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hell. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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