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hell no

hell no interjection: expressing firm disagreement.

Interjection (1)

  1. (mildly, slang, vulgar) Expressing firm disagreement.
    • Will you mow the lawn? Hell no!
    • No, no, hell no. The true answer is that there is no one answer; […]2012 March 3, Jon Evans, “Pair Programming Considered Harmful?”, in TechCrunch, archived from the original on 15 Jul 2017
    Synonyms:
    heck no, hecks no

Interjection (2) capitalized: Hell no

  1. (alternative) Alternative spelling of hell no.

Synonyms of hell no

Antonyms

Forms of hell no

alternative formHell no
alternative formhell to the no
alternative formhell to the naw
alternative formhell's no

Questions about hell no

What does hell no mean?
Hell no means expressing firm disagreement.
What part of speech is hell no?
Hell no is an interjection.

Words near hell no in the dictionary

  1. hell is full of good meanings, but heaven is full of good works
  2. hell mend someone
  3. hell money
  4. hell night
  5. hell nights
  6. hell no
  7. hell of a
  8. hell on earth
  9. hell on wheels
  10. hell or high water
  11. hell pig

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