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raise hell

raise hell verb: to cause a considerable disturbance.

Verb

raise hell (third-person singular simple present raises hell, present participle raising hell, simple past and past participle raised hell)

  1. (idiomatic) To cause a considerable disturbance.
    • Near-synonyms: (disturb loudly) raise the dead, wake the dead
    • Don't want to sleep yet, buddy it's a good bet I'll raise more hell than you.2013, Jason Isbell, Super 8
  2. To complain vociferously (about a certain matter).
    • Local authorities, media and all other regional stakeholders need to wake up, step up, and (frankly) raise hell... before it's too late.2022 February 9, Nigel Harris, “Comment: Mounting opposition to IRP”, in RAIL, number 950, page 3

raise hell meaning in Hindi and Malayalam

raise hell in Hindi

to cause a disturbance
क़हर ढाना qahar ḍhānā

raise hell in Malayalam

cause a commotion, cause a disturbance, be noisy
കുഴപ്പമുണ്ടാക്കുക, കുഴമറിച്ചിലുണ്ടാക്കുക, ശല്യമുണ്ടാക്കുക, കലക്കമുണ്ടാക്കുക, ബഹളംസൃഷ്ടിക്കുക, കുഴപ്പം സൃഷ്ടിക്കുക
be angry, remonstrate, expostulate
കുഴപ്പമാക്കുക, പ്രതിഷേധം പ്രകടമാക്കുക, വഴക്കുകൂടുക, വിരോധം പറയുക, എതിരുപറയുക, പ്രതിഷേധിക്കുക

Synonyms of raise hell

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Forms of raise hell

third-person singular presentraises hell
present participleraising hell
past participleraised hell
pastraised hell

Questions about raise hell

What does raise hell mean?
Raise hell means to cause a considerable disturbance.
What is raise hell in Hindi?
Raise hell in Hindi is क़हर ढाना (qahar ḍhānā). See Raise hell meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is raise hell?
Raise hell is a verb.
What is the past tense of raise hell?
The past tense of raise hell is raised hell.

Words near raise hell in the dictionary

  1. raise Cain
  2. raise cane
  3. raise eyebrows
  4. raise flags
  5. raise from the dead
  6. raise hell
  7. raise hob
  8. raise one's eyebrows
  9. raise one's game
  10. raise one's glass
  11. raise one's hand

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Adapted from Wiktionary: raise hell (page history and authors); raise hell (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). 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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