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English Dictionary: hellish by the DICT Development Group
2 results for hellish
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hellish
adj
  1. very unpleasant; "hellish weather"; "stop that god-awful racket"
    Synonym(s): beastly, hellish, god-awful
  2. 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"
    Synonym(s): demonic, diabolic, diabolical, fiendish, hellish, infernal, satanic, unholy
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hellish \Hell"ish\, a.
      Of or pertaining to hell; like hell; infernal; malignant;
      wicked; detestable; diabolical. [bd]Hellish hate.[b8]
      --Milton. -- {Hell"ish*ly}, adv. -- {Hell"ish*ness}, n.
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