Hellish — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

very unpleasant

extremely evil or cruel; expressive of cruelty or befitting hell

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/hˌɪpnəfˈoʊbiə/

🇬🇧British English

/hˈɛlɪʃ/

🇮🇳Indian English

/hˈɛlɪʃ/

2 syllables Say it as /hˌɪpnəfˈoʊbiə/.

Examples

hellish weather
stop that god-awful racket
something demonic in him--something that could be cruel

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

beastly infernal unholy demonic diabolical diabolic god-awful satanic fiendish

Parts of Speech

adjective	very unpleasant “hellish weather”
adjective	extremely evil or cruel; expressive of cruelty or befitting hell “something demonic in him--something that could be cruel”

Word Forms

beastliness	noun	unpleasant nastiness; used especially of nasty weather
demon	noun	a cruel wicked and inhuman person
devil	noun	a cruel wicked and inhuman person
unholiness	noun	the quality of being unholy

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

höllisch

sehr unangenehm

🇫🇷French

atroce

très désagréable

🇪🇸Spanish

infernal

muy desagradable

🇮🇹Italian

infernale

molto spiacevole

🇳🇱Dutch

hels

zeer onaangenaam

🇵🇹Portuguese

infernal

muito desagradável

🇷🇺Russian

адский

очень неприятно

India

🇮🇳Hindi

नारकीय

बहुत बुरा

🇧🇩Bengali

নারকীয়

খুব অপ্রীতিকর

🇮🇳Tamil

நரகமானது

மிகவும் விரும்பத்தகாதது

🇮🇳Telugu

నరకప్రాయమైన

చాలా అసహ్యకరమైన

🇮🇳Marathi

नरक

खूप अप्रिय

🇮🇳Gujarati

નરક

ખૂબ જ અપ્રિય

🇮🇳Kannada

ನರಕಸದೃಶ

ಬಹಳ ಅಹಿತಕರ

🇮🇳Malayalam

നരകതുല്യമായ

വളരെ അസുഖകരമായ

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਨਰਕ

ਬਹੁਤ ਕੋਝਾ

🇵🇰Urdu

جہنمی

بہت ناخوشگوار

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

地狱般的

非常不愉快

🇯🇵Japanese

地獄のような

非常に不快な

🇰🇷Korean

지옥 같은

매우 불쾌하다

🇻🇳Vietnamese

địa ngục

rất khó chịu

🇹🇭Thai

นรก

ไม่พึงประสงค์มาก

🇮🇩Indonesian

jahat

sangat tidak menyenangkan

🇵🇭Filipino

impiyerno

napaka hindi kasiya-siya

🇲🇾Malay

jahanam

sangat tidak menyenangkan

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

الجهنمية

غير سارة للغاية

🇮🇷Persian

جهنمی

بسیار ناخوشایند

🇹🇷Turkish

cehennem gibi

çok tatsız

🇮🇱Hebrew

שְׂטָנִי

מאוד לא נעים

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