hell
hell is a 4-letter English word with 13 senses as transitive verb and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The place of the dead, or of souls after death; the grave; -- called in Hebrew sheol, and by the Greeks hades. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- transitive verb. The place of the dead, or of souls after death; the grave; -- called in Hebrew sheol, and by the Greeks hades.
- transitive verb. The place or state of punishment for the wicked after death; the abode of evil spirits. Hence, any mental torment; anguish.
- transitive verb. A place where outcast persons or things are gathered
- transitive verb. A dungeon or prison; also, in certain running games, a place to which those who are caught are carried for detention.
- transitive verb. A gambling house.
- transitive verb. A place into which a tailor throws his shreds, or a printer his broken type.
- transitive verb. To overwhelm.
- noun. noisy and unrestrained mischief
"raising blazes"
- noun. violent and excited activity
"they began to fight like sin"
- noun. (religion) the world of the dead-Theognis
"No one goes to Hades with all his immense wealth"
- noun. (Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment- John Milton-Dr. Johnson
"Hurl'd headlong...To bottomless perdition, there to dwell"
"a demon from the depths of the pit"
- noun. a cause of difficulty and suffering
"war is hell"
"go to blazes"
- noun. any place of pain and turmoil
"the hell of battle"
"the inferno of the engine room"
Synonyms
blaze, sin, hades, netherworld, scheol, underworld, inferno, perdition, pit, hellhole
Common word forms
hells, helled, hellen, heller, helling, hellness
Words from these letters
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