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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

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  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  

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  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

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "hellish":

    infernal

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How to use hellish in a sentence?

  1. Barry Goldwater:

    Those who seek absolute power, even though they seek it to do what they regard as good, are simply demanding the right to enforce their own version of heaven on earth. And let me remind you, they are the very ones who always create the most hellish tyrannies. Absolute power does corrupt, and those who seek it must be suspect and must be opposed.

  2. Raoul Vaneigem:

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

  3. Kimbal Musk:

    This is the most excruciating hellish several months I've ever had... but I think we're getting there.

  4. Barry Goldwater:

    Now those who seek absolute power, even though they seek it to do what they regard as good, are simply demanding the right to enforce their own version of heaven on earth, and let me remind you they are the very ones who always create the most hellish tyranny.

  5. Raoul Vaneigem:

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


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