Hell

Other forms: Hells

Definitions of Hell
  1. noun
    (Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment
    “"Hell is paved with good intentions"-Dr. Johnson”
    synonyms: Inferno, infernal region, nether region, perdition, pit
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    antonyms:
    Heaven
    the abode of God and the angels
    types:
    Gehenna, Tartarus
    a place where the wicked are punished after death
    hellfire, red region
    a place of eternal fire envisaged as punishment for the damned
    type of:
    fictitious place, imaginary place, mythical place
    a place that exists only in imagination; a place said to exist in fictional or religious writings
  2. noun
    (religion) the world of the dead
    synonyms: Hades, Scheol, infernal region, netherworld, underworld
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    type of:
    fictitious place, imaginary place, mythical place
    a place that exists only in imagination; a place said to exist in fictional or religious writings
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