Hellish Definition & Meaning
hellish
- adjective
- very unpleasant; "hellish weather"; "stop that god-awful racket"
- 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" in song lyrics
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"You know you feel hellish"
AMB — Selfish -
"You know how some cats want you to think they're holy but they're hellish"
Lojique — Truth Decay -
"The rest of this life without God is hellish"
Phanatik — Grieved Again
Words that rhyme with hellish
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- What does hellish mean?
- very unpleasant; "hellish weather"; "stop that god-awful racket" 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"
- What part of speech is hellish?
- Hellish is an adjective.
- How many definitions does hellish have?
- Hellish has 2 definitions across 1 part of speech (adjective).