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- [hel-ish]
- /ˈhɛl ɪʃ/
- /ˈhel.ɪʃ/
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- [hel-ish]
- /ˈhɛl ɪʃ/
Definitions of hellish word
- adjective hellish of, like, or suitable to hell; infernal; vile; horrible: It was a hellish war. 1
- adjective hellish miserable; abominable; execrable: We had a hellish time getting through traffic. 1
- adjective hellish devilishly bad: The child's behavior was hellish most of the day. 1
- noun hellish Of or like hell. 1
- adjective hellish very unpleasant 1
- abbreviation HELLISH hell-like 1
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Origin of hellish
First appearance:
before 1520 One of the 28% oldest English words
First recorded in 1520-30; hell + -ish1
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Parts of speech for Hellish
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
hellish popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 90% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
hellish usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for hellish
adj hellish
- infernal — hellish; fiendish; diabolical: an infernal plot.
- terrible — distressing; severe: a terrible winter.
- horrible — causing or tending to cause horror; shockingly dreadful: a horrible sight.
- abominable — Something that is abominable is very unpleasant or bad.
- accursed — Some people use accursed to describe something which they are very annoyed about.
Antonyms for hellish
adjective hellish
- godly — conforming to the laws and wishes of God; devout; pious.
- olympian — pertaining to Mount Olympus or dwelling thereon, as the gods of classical Greece.
- supranatural — beyond what is natural; supernatural.
- transmundane — reaching beyond or existing outside the physical or visible world.
- deistic — a person who believes in deism.
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