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Definition hell

Etymology 1

From Middle English helle, from Old English hel, hell, helle (“nether world, abode of the dead, hell”), from Proto-Germanic *halj? (“nether world, concealed place”), from Proto-Indo-European *?el- (“to cover, conceal, save”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Hälle (“hell”), West Frisian hel (“hell”), Dutch hel (“hell”), German Low German Hell (“hell”), German Hölle (“hell”), Norwegian helvete (“hell”), Icelandic hel (“the abode of the dead, death”). Also related to the Hel of Germanic mythology. See also hele.

Proper noun

hell

  1. In various religions, the place where some or all spirits are believed to go after death
  2. (in many religions, uncountable) The place where sinners suffer after death
Noun

hell (countable and uncountable, plural hells)

  1. (countable, hyperbolic, figuratively) A place or situation of great suffering in life.
  2. (countable) A place for gambling.
  3. (figuratively) An extremely hot place.
  4. (sometimes considered vulgar) Used as an intensifier in phrases grammatically requiring a noun
  5. (obsolete) A place into which a tailor throws his shreds, or a printer his broken type.
Interjection

hell

  1. (impolite, sometimes considered vulgar) Used to express discontent, unhappiness, or anger.
  2. (impolite, sometimes considered vulgar) Used to emphasize.
  3. (impolite, sometimes considered vulgar) Used to introduce an intensified statement following an understated one; nay; not only that, but.
Adverb

hell (not comparable)

  1. (postpositional) Alternative form of the hell or like hell.

Etymology 2

From German hellen (“to brighten, burnish”). Related to Dutch hel (“clear, bright”) and German hell (“clear, bright”).

Verb

hell (third-person singular simple present hells, present participle helling, simple past and past participle helled)

  1. (rare, metal-working) To add luster to, burnish (silver or gold).

Etymology 3

From Old Norse hella (“to pour”). Cognate with Icelandic hella (“to pour”), Norwegian helle (“to pour”), Swedish hälla (“to pour”). See also hield.

Verb

hell (third-person singular simple present hells, present participle helling, simple past and past participle helled)

  1. (rare) To pour.

Results 338 Words with the letters HELL

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FELLAH 13
HALLEL 11
HELLED 11
HELLER 10
HELLOS 10
HILLED 11
HILLER 10
HOLLER 10
HULLED 12
HULLER 11
LETHAL 10
SHELLS 10
SHELLY 12
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HELL 8
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ELL 5
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EL 3
HE 4

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