[hɛl], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a place regarded in various religions as a spiritual realm of evil and suffering, often traditionally depicted as a place of perpetual fire beneath the earth where the wicked are punished after death
(e.g: irreligious children were assumed to have passed straight to the eternal fires of hell)


Phrases:
- a hell of a —
- all hell breaks loose
- as — as hell
- be hell on
- be hell on wheels
- come hell or high water
- for the hell of it
- get hell
- get the hell out of
- give someone hell
- go to hell
- go to hell and back
- hell for leather
- hell hath no fury like a woman scorned
- hell's bells
- hell's half acre
- hell, west, and crooked
- in hell
- like hell
- play hell
- the road to hell is paved with good intentions
- there will be hell to pay
- to hell
- to hell with
- until hell freezes over
- what the hell
- — from hell
- — the hell out of

Origin:
Old English hel, hell, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch hel and German Hölle, from an Indo-European root meaning ‘to cover or hide’

[hɛl], (Interjection)

Definitions:
- used for emphasis or to express anger, contempt, or surprise
(e.g: oh, hell—where will this all end?)


Phrases:
- a hell of a —
- all hell breaks loose
- as — as hell
- be hell on
- be hell on wheels
- come hell or high water
- for the hell of it
- get hell
- get the hell out of
- give someone hell
- go to hell
- go to hell and back
- hell for leather
- hell hath no fury like a woman scorned
- hell's bells
- hell's half acre
- hell, west, and crooked
- in hell
- like hell
- play hell
- the road to hell is paved with good intentions
- there will be hell to pay
- to hell
- to hell with
- until hell freezes over
- what the hell
- — from hell
- — the hell out of

Origin:
Old English hel, hell, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch hel and German Hölle, from an Indo-European root meaning ‘to cover or hide’