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hellish

adj
/ˈhɛlɪʃ/US

Etymology

From hell + -ish.

  1. derived from *ḱel-✻ — “to cover, conceal, save”
  2. inherited from *haljō✻ — “concealed place, netherworld”
  3. inherited from *hallju✻
  4. inherited from hell
  5. inherited from helle
  6. suffixed as hellish — “hell + ish”

Definitions

  1. infernal, related or similar to hell.

    • Fauſtus is gone, regard his helliſh fall, / Whoſe fiendful fortune may exhort the wiſe, / Onely to wonder at vnlawful things, […]

  2. causing great pain, discomfort or distress.

    • I woke up from a hellish noise coming from the house next door.

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Derived

hellishly, hellishness, unhellish

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for hellish. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA