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How to pronounce hellish in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms demonic, diabolic, diabolical, fiendish, infernal, satanic, unholy


hellish torture.
Type Words
Synonyms beastly, god-awful


hellish weather.

Examples of hellish

hellish
Eleanor slogs her way through postwar Europe and hellish hospitals in her quest.
From the latimes.com
After a hellish 2008, investors have every right to be leery of the recent rally.
From the businessweek.com
Kidnapped Africans were held for months at a time in the most hellish conditions.
From the nytimes.com
The Brits decamped after a 1958 revolution, but their hellish handiwork lives on.
From the newsweek.com
God must have a hellish punishment for those who slaughter students and teachers.
From the suntimes.com
Either path would be hellish beyond what most Americans could possibly imagine.
From the infowars.com
He manages to survive a hellish existence for the next twenty years in the mines.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The hellish beings are a type of souls which are residing in these various hells.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Life in Belgium is especially hellish before St Nicholas, Christmas and Easter.
From the guardian.co.uk
More examples
  • Beastly: very unpleasant; "hellish weather"; "stop that god-awful racket"
  • Demonic: 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"; " ...
  • In many religious traditions, Hell is a place of suffering and punishment in the afterlife. Religions with a linear divine history often depict Hell as endless. Religions with a cyclic history often depict Hell as an intermediary period between incarnations. ...
  • Causing pain, discomfort or distress
  • Adj. Incredibly good.