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hellish definition

hellish


 
  Overview  of  adj  hellish 
 
  The  adj  hellish  has  2  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  beastly,  hellish,  god-awful  --  (very  unpleasant;  "hellish  weather";  "stop  that  god-awful  racket") 
  2.  demonic,  diabolic,  diabolical,  fiendish,  hellish,  infernal,  satanic,  unholy  --  (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") 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  hellish 
 
  2  senses  of  hellish 
 
  Sense  1 
  beastly,  hellish,  god-awful 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  unpleasant)  ->  pleasant 
 
  Sense  2 
  demonic,  diabolic,  diabolical,  fiendish,  hellish,  infernal,  satanic,  unholy 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  evil)  ->  good 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  hellish 
 
  2  senses  of  hellish 
 
  Sense  1 
  beastly,  hellish,  god-awful 
  =>  unpleasant  (vs.  pleasant) 
 
  Sense  2 
  demonic,  diabolic,  diabolical,  fiendish,  hellish,  infernal,  satanic,  unholy 
  =>  evil  (vs.  good),  wicked 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  hellish 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  hellish 
 
  hellish  used  as  an  adjective  is  rare  (polysemy  count  =  2) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  hellish 
  hellish 
 
  Overview  of  adj  hellish 
 
  The  adj  hellish  has  2  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  beastly,  hellish,  god-awful  --  (very  unpleasant;  "hellish  weather";  "stop  that  god-awful  racket") 
  2.  demonic,  diabolic,  diabolical,  fiendish,  hellish,  infernal,  satanic,  unholy  --  (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") 



hellish definition