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hellspawn

/ˈhɛl.spɔːn/

hellspawn noun: a creature or creatures from hell.

Noun

hellspawn (plural hellspawn or hellspawns)

  1. A creature or creatures from hell.
    • Despite his grim mien, his kinship with vein-biters and hellspawns, Batman always maintained one pious virtue, his unspoken insistence on the value—the sacredness—of human life.1994, Dennis O’Neil, Batman: Knightfall, Bantam Books, →ISBN, page 348
    • Image Animation also fabricated the hellspawns’ bondage-inspired costumes, substituting foam material for the more expensive leather of the previous two films.1996, Anthony Timpone, Men, Makeup, and Monsters: Hollywood’s Masters of Illusion and FX, St. Martin’s Griffin, →ISBN, page 179
  2. (broadly) Any monster; a vicious fiend or villain.

hellspawn meaning in Thai

hellspawn in Thai

creature(s) from Hell
สัตว์นรก sàt-ná-rók

Examples of hellspawn in a sentence

  • The face and voice were beyond question those of the man who had died to protect her in a room full of hellspawn and slaughter.1998, David Drake, Queen of Demons, Tor Books, →ISBN, page 115:
  • Not so smart for a young Nightwing-in-training—especially when he’s got one of those filthy hellspawns in his hands.”2003, Geoffrey Huntington [pseudonym; William J. Mann], “A Deadly Duel”, in Demon Witch (The Ravenscliff Series; II), ReganBooks, →ISBN...

Forms of hellspawn

pluralhellspawn
pluralhellspawns

Origin of hellspawn

From hell + spawn.

Questions about hellspawn

What does hellspawn mean?
Hellspawn means a creature or creatures from hell.
What is hellspawn in Thai?
Hellspawn in Thai is สัตว์นรก (sàt-ná-rók). See Hellspawn meaning in Thai.
How do you use hellspawn in a sentence?
The face and voice were beyond question those of the man who had died to protect her in a room full of hellspawn and slaughter.
What part of speech is hellspawn?
Hellspawn is a noun.
How do you pronounce hellspawn?
Hellspawn is pronounced /ˈhɛl.spɔːn/.
What is the plural of hellspawn?
The plural of hellspawn is hellspawn.

Words near hellspawn in the dictionary

  1. hellscapes
  2. Hellschen-Heringsand-Unterschaar
  3. hellsite
  4. hellsites
  5. hellsome
  6. hellspawn
  7. hellspawns
  8. hellstew
  9. hellstews
  10. hellstorm
  11. hellstorms

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