📖 Definitions of "Hellish"
adjective
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Causing pain, discomfort or distress.
"I woke up from a hellish noise coming from the house next door."
🔄 Synonyms of "Hellish"
11 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| evilnoun | Intending to harm; malevolent. |
| wicked | Evil or mischievous by nature; morally reprehensible. |
| infernalnoun | Of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish. |
| unpleasant | Not pleasant. |
| diabolical | Extremely wicked or cruel. |
| fiendish | Very difficult. |
| beastly | Pertaining to, or having the form, nature, or habits of, a beast. |
| demonic | Pertaining to demons or evil spirits; demoniac. |
| unholy | Not holy; (by extension) evil, impure, or otherwise perverted. |
| diabolic | (especially) Wicked; evil; cruel. |
| satanic | Evil, fiendish, devilish or diabolical. |
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Hellish"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| evil | Intending to harm; malevolent. |
| diabolical | Extremely wicked or cruel. |
| wicked | Evil or mischievous by nature; morally reprehensible. |
| unholy | Not holy; (by extension) evil, impure, or otherwise perverted. |
| unpleasant | Not pleasant. |
| beastly | Pertaining to, or having the form, nature, or habits of, a beast. |
| fiendish | Very difficult. |
| diabolic | (especially) Wicked; evil; cruel. |
| infernalnoun | Of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish. |
| demonic | Pertaining to demons or evil spirits; demoniac. |
| satanicnoun | Evil, fiendish, devilish or diabolical. |
| horrible | Causing horror; terrible; shocking. |
| vicious | Violent, destructive and cruel. |
| terrible | Very unpleasant; disagreeable. |
| awful | Very bad. |
| downward | Located at a lower level. |
| murderous | Of, characterized by, or pertaining to murder or murderers. |
| insufferable | Not sufferable; very difficult or impossible to endure; intolerable, unbearable. |
| hellnoun | (in many religions, uncountable) A place of torment where some or all sinners are believed to go after death and evil spirits are believed to be. |
| acherontic | (figurative) Of or pertaining to hell. |
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