Synonyms for hell-fire

Grammar : Noun

Spell : hel-fahyuh r

Phonetic Transcription : ˈhɛlˌfaɪər

Top 10 synonyms for hell-fire

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Définition of hell-fire

Origin : also hell fire, from Old English hellefyr, in which helle is the genitive case of hell. It translates Greek gehenna tou pyros, literally "fiery hell." Also used in Middle English for "erysipelas" (mid-15c.).

As in living hell : noun hell
As in hell : noun place of the condemned; bad situation

Example sentences :

But threats of hell-fire were only meant to startle the sinner from his repose.
Extract from : « Hours in a Library, Volume I. (of III.) » by Leslie Stephen

This night we send two hundred and thirteen rebels into hell-fire.
Extract from : « The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte » by William Milligan Sloane

What he called 'the hell-fire and brimstone' theory used to make him sick.
Extract from : « The Orchard of Tears » by Sax Rohmer

Wake up, Captain, wake up; you are out of that hell-fire now.
Extract from : « Queen Sheba's Ring » by H. Rider Haggard

But it also speaks of the hell-fire of which the offender stands in danger.
Extract from : « Gems (?) of German Thought » by Various

Belief in hell-fire outlasts it for a little among the ignorant.
Extract from : « Demonology and Devil-lore » by Moncure Daniel Conway

I will not kill myself because then I should go to hell-fire, but Spiro can do it very well.
Extract from : « The Diva's Ruby » by F. Marion Crawford

Notwithstanding this hell-fire, or the sharpshooters, we press through the woods.
Extract from : « War Days in Brittany » by Elsie Deming Jarves

I have often wished that hell-fire would burn up those bank-bills.
Extract from : « The Correspondence of Madame, Princess Palatine, Mother of the Regent; of Marie-Adlade de Savoie, Duchesse de Bourgogne; and of Madame de Maintenon, in Relation to Saint-Cyr » by Charlotte-Elisabeth, duchesse d Orlans; Marie Adelaide, of Savoy, Duchess of Burgundy; and Madame de Maintenon

And he is in danger of hell-fire,Who calls his brother fool.
Extract from : « The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson, Volumes One and Two » by Harriette Wilson

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