hell

name · noun · interjection · adverb · verbA1

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name

Hellhelhelle

1.
(capitalized, often)(in many religions, often capitalized) A place of torment where some or all sinners are believed to go after death and evil spirits are believed to be.
May you rot in hell!

Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

hellsHellhelhelle

1.
(countable, excessive, figuratively)(countable, hyperbolic, figuratively) A place or situation of great suffering in life.
My new boss is making my job a hell.
I went through hell to get home today.
callback hell; <table> hell; <div> hell
2.
(countable)A place for gambling.
3.
(countable, figuratively, uncountable)An extremely hot place.
You don’t have a snowball's chance in hell.
when hell freezes over
4.
(countable, sometimes, uncountable, vulgar)(sometimes vulgar) Used as an intensifier in phrases grammatically requiring a noun.
I’m as mad as hell and I’m not going to take it anymore.
What the hell is wrong with you?!
He says he’s going home early? Like hell he is.
5.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)A place into which a tailor throws shreds, or a printer discards broken type.
6.
(countable, uncountable)In certain games of chase, a place to which those who are caught are carried for detention.
7.
(colloquial, countable, uncountable, usually, with on)(colloquial, usually with on) Something extremely painful or harmful (to)
That steep staircase is hell on my knees.

interjection

Hellhelhelle

1.
(colloquial, sometimes, vulgar)Used to express discontent, unhappiness, or anger.
Oh, hell! I got another parking ticket.
2.
(colloquial, idiomatic, sometimes, vulgar)(no longer productive) Used to emphasize.
Hell yeah!
3.
(colloquial, sometimes, vulgar)Used to introduce an intensified statement following an understated one; nay; not only that, but.
Do it, or, rest assured, there will be no more Middle Eastern crisis – hell, there will be no more Middle East!

Trạng từ

adverb

Comparative

Hellhel

Superlative

helle

1.
(alt of, alternative, colloquial, not comparable, postpositional, sometimes, vulgar)Alternative form of the hell or like hell.
- Oh, aren't they sweet?
2.
(Australia, New Zealand, colloquial, not comparable, sometimes, vulgar)(Australia, New Zealand, colloquial, sometimes vulgar) Very; used to emphasize strongly.
That was hell good!
They're hell sexy.
Đồng nghĩa: hella

Động từ

verb

V_es/s

hells

V_ing/Gerund

helling

V_ed/pp

helledHell

1.
(colloquial, sometimes, vulgar)To make hellish; to place (someone) in hell; to make (a place) into a hell.
2.
(colloquial, sometimes, vulgar)To hurry, rush.
3.
(colloquial, intransitive, sometimes, vulgar)To move quickly and loudly; to raise hell as part of motion.
He was helling down the road with his radio blaring.
4.
(colloquial, rare, sometimes, vulgar)(rare, metal-working) To add luster to; to burnish (silver or gold).
5.
(colloquial, rare, sometimes, vulgar)To pour.
18th century, Josiah Relph, The Harvest; or Bashful Shepherd Gosh, the sickle went into me handː Down hell'd the bluid.

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

hella

Trái nghĩa

heaven

Cùng gốc / liên quan

damn heck

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English hel, hell, helle, hælle, from Old English hel, hell, from *hallju, from Proto-Germanic *haljō (hell, netherworld), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (to cover). c 725. 2 cog Cognate with helle, Hälle, hel, Hell, hélla, hel, Hölle, hel, Héll, Höll (hell), Häll, heł, hełł (hell), helvede, ihjel (to death), helviti, hel, helvíti (hell), hel, helvete (hell), helvete, ihjäl (to death),…