hellish
Syllables: hell·ish/ˈhɛlɪʃ/
hellish adjective: infernal, related or similar to hell.
Adjective
hellish (comparative more hellish, superlative most hellish)
- infernal, related or similar to hell.
- Fauſtus is gone, regard his helliſh fall, / Whoſe fiendful fortune may exhort the wiſe, / Onely to wonder at vnlawful things, […]1589–1592 (date written), Ch[ristopher] Marl[owe], The Tragicall History of D. Faustus. […], London: […] V[alentine] S[immes] for Thomas Bushell, published 1604, →OCLC, signature [F3], recto
- Synonyms:
- helly, stygian, Acherontic, infernal, Hadean, Plutonic, Plutonian, subtartarean, Tartarean
- Antonyms:
- heavenly
- causing great pain, discomfort or distress.
- I woke up from a hellish noise coming from the house next door.
hellish meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Sanskrit
hellish in Tamil
- அளறனைய
hellish in Urdu
- causing pain, discomfort or distress
- جَہَنَّمی jahannamī
hellish in Malayalam
- causing pain, discomfort or distress
- നരക naraka
hellish in Sanskrit
- hellish, infernal
- नारक
More languagesFewer languages
- hellish in Arabic
- جَحِيمِيّ jaḥīmiyy, جَهَنَّمِيّ jahannamiyy
Examples of hellish in a sentence
- We made landfall at the most god-forsaken, barren, desolate, and hellish location possible to image; and we were grateful, anything to get off that ship!
- But be warned: the full, hellish fury of the pyrocene has yet to arrive.
- Every person I knew had a hellish horror of being “called out of his name.”
Synonyms of hellish
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Antonyms
Forms of hellish
| comparative | more hellish |
|---|---|
| superlative | most hellish |
Origin of hellish
From hell + -ish.
Words formed from hellish
Words that rhyme with hellish
Questions about hellish
- What does hellish mean?
- Hellish means infernal, related or similar to hell.
- What is hellish in Tamil?
- Hellish in Tamil is அளறனைய. See Hellish meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is hellish?
- Hellish is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce hellish?
- Hellish is pronounced /ˈhɛlɪʃ/ (UK).
Words near hellish in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: hellish (page history and authors); hellish (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); नारक (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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