Hypertext Webster Gateway: "hellish"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
hellish
adj 1: very unpleasant; "hellish weather"; "stop that god-awful
racket" [syn: {beastly}, {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" [syn: {demonic}, {diabolic},
{diabolical}, {fiendish}, {infernal}, {satanic}, {unholy}]
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