Definizione monolingua

hell

hell (plural hells)

1. (countable, hyperbolic) A place or situation of great suffering in life

   My new boss is making my job a hell.

   I went through hell to get home today.

   • 1879, General William T. Sherman, commencement address at the Michigan Military Academy

     There is many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory, but, boys, it is all hell.

   • 1986, Metallica, “Disposable Heroes” (song), in Master of Puppets (album):?

     Why, am I dying? / Kill, have no fear / Lie, live off lying / Hell, hell is here

2. (countable) A place for gambling
   • 1907, Joseph Conrad, The Secret Agent

     ... the air of moral nihilism common to keepers of gambling hells and disorderly houses; ...

3. An extremely hot place

   You dont have a snowballs chance in hell.

4. Used as an intensifier in phrases grammatically requiring a noun

   Im as mad as hell and Im not going to take it any more.

   What the hell is wrong with you?

   He says hes going home early? Like hell he is.

hell

1. tender

Definizione dizionario hell

	inferno
	place of suffering in life
	where sinners go
	In various religions, the place where sinners are said to go after death.

infirno

Altri significati:

In various religions, the place where some or all spirits are believed to go after death

(countable) A place for gambling

(countable, hyperbole) A place or situation of great suffering in life

A place of great suffering in life.

(not polite) Used to express negative discontent

An extremely hot place

(not polite) Used to emphasize

Used as an intensifier in phrases grammatically requiring a noun

(Christianity, uncountable) The place where devils live and where sinners are punished after death