hell

n

1. the lower world, abode of evil spirits, inferno, Pandemonium, perdition; abyss, bottomless pit, hellfire, fire and brimstone, eternal fires; Gehenna, Class. Myth.Tartarus, Hinduism.Naraka, Scand. Myth.Niflheim, Bible.Tophet, Buddhism.Avichi, Abaddon, Class. Myth.Erebus.

2. torment, misery, suffering, affliction, anguish, agony, dolor, passion; wretchedness, despair, woe, bale, desolation; torture, rack, pang, throe; holocaust, horror, nightmare; punishment, condemnation, puni-tion, retribution.

3. censure, criticism, disapprobation, objection; upbraiding, scolding, castigation, reprehension; invective, vituperation, objurgation.

4. powers of evil, powers of darkness, devils, demons, fiends, fallen angels, apostate angels; evil spirits, demonkind, demoniac forces, hosts of hell.

5. abode of the dead, underworld, nether regions, grave; Heb. Myth.Sheol, Hades, Orcus, Dis, Avernus.

6. catch hell

Slang. be scolded, be reprimanded, be reproached, be chided; Inf. get yelled at, Inf. catch the dickens, Sl. get it.

7. hell of a

Slang. a. very bad, disagreeable, unpleasant, terrible, horrible, awful.b. extraordinary, notable, noteworthy, outstanding, exceptional, great, grand.c. very, extremely, excessively, exceedingly, remarkably, quite, utterly.

8. raise hell

Slang. a. revel, romp, riot, carouse, party, Inf. raise the roof, Sl. raise Cain.b. object, protest, complain, remonstrate, expostulate, disapprove, deplore; grumble, growl, groan, grouse.