Hell
noun
A place where bad people are believed to be sent after they die, in some religions.
They believed that sinners would go straight to hell after death.
Often appears as...
- go to hell
- hell and damnation
noun
A very unpleasant or difficult experience or situation.
I went through hell trying to get this project completed on time.
Often appears as...
- go through hell
- hell on earth
noun
Used for emphasis in expressions of anger, surprise, or impatience.
What the hell are you talking about?
Often appears as...
- hell of a
- what the hell
Usage tips
Disapproving
Colloquial, Idiomatic
interjection
Used to express anger, surprise, or frustration.
Hell, I can't believe you just said that.
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Colloquial, Idiomatic
noun
A place where bad people are believed to be sent after they die, in some religions.
They believed that sinners would go straight to hell after death.
Often appears as...
- go to hell
- hell and damnation
noun
A very unpleasant or difficult experience or situation.
I went through hell trying to get this project completed on time.
Often appears as...
- go through hell
- hell on earth
noun
Used for emphasis in expressions of anger, surprise, or impatience.
What the hell are you talking about?
Often appears as...
- hell of a
- what the hell
Usage tips
Disapproving
Colloquial, Idiomatic
interjection
Used to express anger, surprise, or frustration.
Hell, I can't believe you just said that.
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Colloquial, Idiomatic
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/2Religious Origin
Understand 'hell' originates from religious teachings about afterlife consequences for bad deeds.
Many religions depict hell as a place of eternal punishment.
Pro Tip 2/2Cultural Sensitivity
Some people may find casual use offensive due to its religious connections.
Be cautious when saying 'go to hell' in a religious context.
Pro Tip 1/2Religious Origin
Understand 'hell' originates from religious teachings about afterlife consequences for bad deeds.
Many religions depict hell as a place of eternal punishment.
Pro Tip 2/2Cultural Sensitivity
Some people may find casual use offensive due to its religious connections.
Be cautious when saying 'go to hell' in a religious context.
Pro Tip 1/2Religious Origin
Understand 'hell' originates from religious teachings about afterlife consequences for bad deeds.
Many religions depict hell as a place of eternal punishment.
Pro Tip 2/2Cultural Sensitivity
Some people may find casual use offensive due to its religious connections.
Be cautious when saying 'go to hell' in a religious context.
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A message of peace, hope...
possible you build up of antagonize ation etc etc so I would say but because if you exclude and then people feel disconnected with with the society that they're living in they don't feel as if they've contributed you know then it's going to be a problem so I don't belong anyone so the hell with it you know and
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Filming The World's...
filming in in jungles including in the daintree the sun comes out and it's one of the most beautiful places on earth but the rest of the time it's hell everything is out to get you so the plants are covered in spikes big spikes that you can see little spikes that you get caught on when you
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Joe Exotic and the Tiger...
cow petting zoos, and all that. JOE Well, you're getting the world to pay for your hobby. Yeah. JOE At least that we have man enough to say, look, I own a roadside zoo and I breed tigers. I'm stuck trying to figure out why the hell I'm in jail, for first of all. To be clear,
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Gary Haugen: The hidden...
And so the epidemic of everyday violence, it just rages on. And it devastates our efforts to try to help billions of people out of their two-dollar-a-day hell. Because the data just doesn't lie. It turns out that you can give all manner of goods and services to the poor,
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Are There Aliens on...
These volcanoes had been partly responsible for spewing out gases that led to Venus becoming the fiery hell it is now. But recent data shows there may still be life left in them yet. They found that Venus had hot spots within it, something active
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Let's talk about sex -...
you have to scare the hell out of them! And we spent ridiculous amounts of money doing that. Soon that war on drugs spread to become a war on sex. We were pushing abstinence on kids to fight AIDS. And when all the data finally came home, guess
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Why do we itch? - Emma...
If having an unscratchable itch feels like your own personal hell, Dante agreed. The Italian poet wrote about a section of hell where people were punished by being left in pits to itch for all eternity.
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Agonising Wait For...
He's paying a lot of attention to it, he's sniffing it, thinking what the hell is this thing, why am I wearing a necklace suddenly? I've only done about ten of them.
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Best Tiger Cub Moments...
the enclosure it's the third cub the one who almost died bloody hell they've grown he's looking so healthy they've been inside that huff for so
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ALAN! ALAN!... STEVE? PIPE...
oh no that's not steve that is alan helen alan hell helen alan alan helen
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A message of peace, hope...
possible you build up of antagonize ation etc etc so I would say but because if you exclude and then people feel disconnected with with the society that they're living in they don't feel as if they've contributed you know then it's going to be a problem so I don't belong anyone so the hell with it you know and
Video examples
Filming The World's...
filming in in jungles including in the daintree the sun comes out and it's one of the most beautiful places on earth but the rest of the time it's hell everything is out to get you so the plants are covered in spikes big spikes that you can see little spikes that you get caught on when you
Video examples
Joe Exotic and the Tiger...
cow petting zoos, and all that. JOE Well, you're getting the world to pay for your hobby. Yeah. JOE At least that we have man enough to say, look, I own a roadside zoo and I breed tigers. I'm stuck trying to figure out why the hell I'm in jail, for first of all. To be clear,
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Gary Haugen: The hidden...
And so the epidemic of everyday violence, it just rages on. And it devastates our efforts to try to help billions of people out of their two-dollar-a-day hell. Because the data just doesn't lie. It turns out that you can give all manner of goods and services to the poor,
Video examples
Are There Aliens on...
These volcanoes had been partly responsible for spewing out gases that led to Venus becoming the fiery hell it is now. But recent data shows there may still be life left in them yet. They found that Venus had hot spots within it, something active
Video examples
Let's talk about sex -...
you have to scare the hell out of them! And we spent ridiculous amounts of money doing that. Soon that war on drugs spread to become a war on sex. We were pushing abstinence on kids to fight AIDS. And when all the data finally came home, guess
Video examples
Why do we itch? - Emma...
If having an unscratchable itch feels like your own personal hell, Dante agreed. The Italian poet wrote about a section of hell where people were punished by being left in pits to itch for all eternity.
Video examples
Agonising Wait For...
He's paying a lot of attention to it, he's sniffing it, thinking what the hell is this thing, why am I wearing a necklace suddenly? I've only done about ten of them.
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Best Tiger Cub Moments...
the enclosure it's the third cub the one who almost died bloody hell they've grown he's looking so healthy they've been inside that huff for so
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ALAN! ALAN!... STEVE? PIPE...
oh no that's not steve that is alan helen alan hell helen alan alan helen
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Muhammad Ali
American Boxer
I always bring out the best in men I fight, but Joe Frazier, I'll tell the world right now, brings out the best in me. I'm gonna tell ya, that's one helluva man, and God bless him.
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John Wayne
American Actor
If everything isn't black and white, I say, 'Why the hell not?
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e. e. cummings
American Poet
Listen; there's a hell of a good universe next door: let's go.
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Emily Dickinson
American Poet
Parting is all we know of heaven, and all we need of hell.
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William Shakespeare
English Playwright
Hell is empty and all the devils are here.
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Aldous Huxley
English Novelist
Maybe this world is another planet's hell.
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Winston Churchill
British Statesman
If you're going through hell, keep going.
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Mark Twain
American Writer
All right, then, I'll go to hell.
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Harry S Truman
American President
It sure is hell to be president.
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H. L. Mencken
American Writer
Every man is his own hell.
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Muhammad Ali
American Boxer
I always bring out the best in men I fight, but Joe Frazier, I'll tell the world right now, brings out the best in me. I'm gonna tell ya, that's one helluva man, and God bless him.
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John Wayne
American Actor
If everything isn't black and white, I say, 'Why the hell not?
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e. e. cummings
American Poet
Listen; there's a hell of a good universe next door: let's go.
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Emily Dickinson
American Poet
Parting is all we know of heaven, and all we need of hell.
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William Shakespeare
English Playwright
Hell is empty and all the devils are here.
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Aldous Huxley
English Novelist
Maybe this world is another planet's hell.
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Winston Churchill
British Statesman
If you're going through hell, keep going.
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Mark Twain
American Writer
All right, then, I'll go to hell.
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Harry S Truman
American President
It sure is hell to be president.
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H. L. Mencken
American Writer
Every man is his own hell.
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