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hellish

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hell·ish  (hlsh)
adj.
1. Of, resembling, or worthy of hell; fiendish.
2. Highly unpleasant: hellish weather.

hellish·ly adv.
hellish·ness n.

hellish [ˈhɛlɪʃ]
adj
1. (Christian Religious Writings / Theology) of or resembling hell
2. wicked; cruel
3. Informal very difficult or unpleasant
adv
Brit informal (intensifier) a hellish good idea
hellishly  adv
hellishness  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.hellish - very unpleasant; "hellish weather"; "stop that god-awful racket"
unpleasant - disagreeable to the senses, to the mind, or feelings ; "an unpleasant personality"; "unpleasant repercussions"; "unpleasant odors"
2.hellishhellish - extremely evil or cruel; expressive of cruelty or befitting hell; "something demonic in him--something that could be cruel"; "fires lit up a diabolic scene"; "diabolical sorcerers under the influence of devils"; "a fiendish despot"; "hellish torture"; "infernal instruments of war"; "satanic cruelty"; "unholy grimaces"
evil - morally bad or wrong; "evil purposes"; "an evil influence"; "evil deeds"

hellish
adjective
2. devilish, fiendish, diabolical, infernal, damned, damnable, demoniacal They began to pray, making devilish gestures with a hellish noise.
adverb (Old-fashioned) very, extremely, terribly, seriously, incredibly, awfully, exceedingly, excessively It's hellish cold up here in winter.
Translations
hellish [ˈhelɪʃ]
A. ADJinfernal, de muerte
B. ADVmuy, terriblemente
hellish [ˈhɛlɪʃ] adjinfernal(e)
hellish (inf)
adj
(fig: = diabolical) → höllisch (inf); traffic, heat, coldmörderisch (inf); it’s hellishes ist die reinste Hölle (inf); the exams were hellishdie Prüfungen waren verteufelt schwer (inf)
(= wicked) plan, actionshöllisch, teuflisch
adv (= awfully)höllisch (inf), → mörderisch (inf); he felt hellish guiltyer hatte schreckliche Schuldgefühle
hellish [ˈhɛlɪʃ] adj (fam) → infernale, bestiale
hellish [ˈhɛlɪʃ] adj (fam) → infernale, bestiale


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I could n't stand against this, and withdrew with her to a neighboring house, where I had been but a few minutes before the hellish crew fell upon my house with the rage of devils, and in a moment with axes split down the doors and entered.
Now, upon the most diligent enquiry into the former lives of these two brothers, I find, besides the cursed and hellish maxim of policy above mentioned, another reason for the captain's conduct: the captain, besides what we have before said of him, was a man of great pride and fierceness, and had always treated his brother, who was of a different complexion, and greatly deficient in both these qualities, with the utmost air of superiority.
Yea, a hellish artifice hath here been devised, a death-horse jingling with the trappings of divine honours!
 
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