Synonyms for hellish
ˈhɛl ɪʃhellish

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1. hellishadjective

   Synonyms:
   infernal, terrible, awful, horrible, nightmarish

   Antonyms:
   heavenly

2. hellishadjective

   Causing pain, discomfort or distress.

   I woke up from a hellish noise coming from the house next door.

   Synonyms:
   nightmarish, horrible, terrible, infernal, awful

   Antonyms:
   heavenly

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1. beastly, hellish, god-awfuladjective

   very unpleasant

   "hellish weather"; "stop that god-awful racket"

   Synonyms:
   unholy, diabolical, demonic, brutish, infernal, bestial, fiendish, satanic, brute(a), god-awful, diabolic, brutal, beastly

   Antonyms:
   pleasant, good

2. demonic, diabolic, diabolical, fiendish, hellish, infernal, satanic, unholyadjective

   extremely evil or cruel; expressive of cruelty or befitting hell

   "something demonic in him--something that could be cruel"; "fires lit up a diabolic scene"; "diabolical sorcerers under the influence of devils"; "a fiendish despot"; "hellish torture"; "infernal instruments of war"; "satanic cruelty"; "unholy grimaces"

   Synonyms:
   blasted, mephistophelian, wicked, infernal, damned, diabolic, deuced, beastly, satanic, blamed, damn, goddam, goddamned, blessed, unhallowed, unholy, blame, god-awful, demonic, darned, diabolical, goddamn, sinful, fiendish, mephistophelean, devilish

   Antonyms:
   pleasant, good

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1. hellified

   the accident was hellified. the outfit that girl was wearing was hellified. in urban lifestyle, it could mean it was good or bad, ( out of this world, sharp or offer). extreme.

   Submitted by EJPraise on January 29, 2022  

2. infenal

   relating to or characteristic of hell or the underworld.

   this is a hellish man

   Submitted by acronimous on September 29, 2014  

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1. hellishadjective

   Synonyms:
   of hell

2. hellishadjective

   Synonyms:
   infernal, diabolical, fiendish, devilish, demoniacal, fiend-like, atrocious, detestable, abominable, execrable, nefarious, very wicked

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1. hellishadjective

   Synonyms:
   infernal, malignant, fiendish, diabolical, atrocious

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1. List of paraphrases for "hellish":

   infernal

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1. Robert Burton:

   Tobacco, divine, rare, superexcellent tobacco, which goes far beyond all the panaceas, potable gold, and philosophers stones, a sovereign remedy to all diseases but as it is commonly abused by most men, which take it as tinkers do ale, 'Tis a plague, a mischief, a violent purger of goods, lands, health; hellish, devilish and damned tobacco, the ruin and overthrow of body and soul.

2. Raoul Vaneigem:

   Work to survive, survive by consuming, survive to consume: the hellish cycle is complete.

3. Raoul Vaneigem:

   Work to survive, survive by consuming, survive to consume the hellish cycle is complete.

4. Tom Waits:

   The world is a hellish place, and bad writing is destroying the quality of our suffering.

5. Firefighter Isamu Kase:

   It was a hellish frenzy, absolutely horrible. People were just jumping into the canals to escape the inferno.