raise Cain
raise Cain verb: synonym of raise hell.
Verb
raise Cain (third-person singular simple present raises Cain, present participle raising Cain, simple past and past participle raised Cain)
- Synonym of raise hell.
- Those damned boys have been out drinking and raising Cain again tonight.
- Why have we every reason to believe that Adam and Eve were both rowdies? Because Eve raised the Old Harry, and they both raised Cain.1840 July 11, “A Good Joke”, in The New England Weekly Review (Hartford [Conn.])
- Synonyms:
- raise hell
raise Cain meaning in Kannada
raise Cain in Kannada
- ತೊಂದರೆಕೊಡು, ಹುಯಿಲೆಬ್ಬಿಸು
Synonyms of raise Cain
Forms of raise Cain
| third-person singular present | raises Cain |
|---|---|
| present participle | raising Cain |
| past participle | raised Cain |
| past | raised Cain |
Origin of raise Cain
From Cain, the biblical son of Adam and Eve, the first murderer. The expression implies raising him from the dead and thus bringing or returning that evil to Earth.
Questions about raise Cain
- What does raise Cain mean?
- Raise Cain means synonym of raise hell.
- What is raise Cain in Kannada?
- Raise Cain in Kannada is ತೊಂದರೆಕೊಡು, ಹುಯಿಲೆಬ್ಬಿಸು. See Raise Cain meaning in Kannada.
- What part of speech is raise Cain?
- Raise Cain is a verb.
- What is the past tense of raise Cain?
- The past tense of raise Cain is raised Cain.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: raise Cain (page history and authors); raise cain (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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