Definition of 'hell'

Noun

1. any place of pain and turmoil; "the hell of battle"; "the inferno of the engine room"; "when you're alone Christmas is the pits";
      Synonyms: hell on earth hellhole snake pit the pits inferno
2. a cause of difficulty and suffering; "war is hell"; "go to blazes"
      Synonyms: blaze
3. (Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment; "Hurl'd headlong...To bottomless perdition, there to dwell"- John Milton; "a demon from the depths of the pit"
      Synonyms: perdition Inferno infernal region nether region pit
      Antonyms: Heaven
4. (religion) the world of the dead; "he didn't want to go to hell when he died"
      Synonyms: Hel Hades infernal region netherworld Scheol underworld
5. violent and excited activity; "they began to fight like sin"
      Synonyms: sin
6. noisy and unrestrained mischief; "raising blazes"
      Synonyms: blaze

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