'Hellish' definitions:
Definition of 'hellish'
(from WordNet)
adjective
adjective
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" [syn: demonic, diabolic, diabolical, fiendish, hellish, infernal, satanic, unholy]
Definition of 'Hellish'
From: GCIDE
- Hellish \Hell"ish\, a. Of or pertaining to hell; like hell; infernal; malignant; wicked; detestable; diabolical. "Hellish hate." --Milton. -- {Hell"ish*ly}, adv. -- {Hell"ish*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'hellish'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- Acherontic,
- anarchic,
- angry,
- animal,
- anthropophagous,
- atrocious,
- barbaric,
- barbarous,
- beastly,
- bestial,
- bloodthirsty,
- bloody,
- bloody-minded,
- blustering,
- blusterous,
- blustery,
- brutal,
- brutalized,
- brute,
- brutish,
- cannibalistic,
- chaotic,
- chthonian,
- chthonic,
- cruel,
- cruel-hearted,
- cursed,
- damnable,
- demoniac,
- demoniacal,
- demonic,
- demonish,
- demonlike,
- devil-like,
- devilish,
- diabolic,
- Draconian,
- execrable,
- fell,
- feral,
- ferocious,
- fiendish,
- fiendlike,
- fierce,
- frantic,
- frenzied,
- furious,
- ghoulish,
- hellborn,
- infernal,
- infuriate,
- inhuman,
- inhumane,
- insensate,
- Lethean,
- mad,
- Mephistophelian,
- mindless,
- murderous,
- ogreish,
- orgasmic,
- orgastic,
- pandemoniac,
- pandemonic,
- Plutonian,
- Plutonic,
- purgatorial,
- raging,
- ravening,
- raving,
- rip-roaring,
- ruthless,
- sadistic,
- sanguinary,
- sanguineous,
- satanic,
- savage,
- sharkish,
- slavering,
- storming,
- stormy,
- Stygian,
- subhuman,
- sulfurous,
- Tartarean,
- tempestuous,
- troublous,
- truculent,
- tumultuous,
- turbulent,
- unchristian,
- uncivilized,
- ungodly,
- unhuman,
- uproarious,
- vicious,
- wild,
- wolfish