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hellifying

hellifying adjective: extreme. Also the present participle and gerund of hellify.

Adjective

hellifying (comparative more hellifying, superlative most hellifying)

  1. (slang) Extreme.
    • "I had to quit as Corydon chief of police because it was a hellifying experience," he said later as he and his wife moved their belongings into their house in Henderson, about 10 miles northeast of Corydon.1979 December 17, Bill Bowell, quoting Lavelle Burrus, “Police chief's leaving is traumatic for small town”, in The Courier-Journal, volume 249, number 170, Louisville, K.: Louisville Courier-Journal...
    • Many believe that racism can be dealt with effectively in one hellifying workshop, or one hour-long heated discussion. Many actually believe this monster, racism, that has had at least a few hundred years to take root, grow, invade our space and develop subtle variations...this mind-funk that...1990, Gloria Yamato, “Something About the Subject Makes It Hard to Name”, in Gloria Anzaldúa, editor, Making Face, Making Soul/Haciendo Caras: Creative and Critical Perspectives by Feminists of...

Also used as

hellifying is also the present participle and gerund of hellify.

Examples of hellifying in a sentence

  • Many believe that racism can be dealt with effectively in one hellifying workshop, or one hour-long heated discussion.1990, Gloria Yamato, “Something About the Subject Makes It Hard to Name”, in Gloria Anzaldúa, editor, Making Face, Making Soul/Haciendo...
  • Yes, I was about to get some hellifying penetration again, and that certainly would take my mind off of Jasmine.2006, Renée Alexis, Gotta Have It, New York, N.Y.: Kensington Publishign Corp., →ISBN, page 136:

Forms of hellifying

comparativemore hellifying
superlativemost hellifying

Questions about hellifying

What does hellifying mean?
Hellifying means extreme.
How do you use hellifying in a sentence?
Many believe that racism can be dealt with effectively in one hellifying workshop, or one hour-long heated discussion.
What part of speech is hellifying?
Hellifying is an adjective.

Words near hellifying in the dictionary

  1. helliers
  2. hellified
  3. Hellifield
  4. hellifies
  5. hellify
  6. hellifying
  7. Helliker
  8. Hellin's law
  9. helling
  10. helling around
  11. Hellinger

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