hellfire

(hĕl'fīr')
n.
The fire of hell, considered as punishment for sinners.

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adjective

Portending future disaster: apocalyptic, apocalyptical, baneful, dire, direful, fateful, fire-and-brimstone, grave², ominous, portentous, unlucky. See luck/misfortune/chance, warn/invite.

For a list of words related to hellfire, see:

• Beyond the Grave - hellfire: fire in hell
• Hell - hellfire: fire of hell

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See words rhyming with "hellfire."

Dansk (Danish)
n. - helvedesild

Nederlands (Dutch)
hellevuur, bestraffing

Français (French)
n. - tourments de l'enfer

Deutsch (German)
n. - Höllenfeuer

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - το αιώνιο πυρ της κόλασης, κηρύγματα περί κολάσεως

Italiano (Italian)
fiamme dell'inferno

Português (Portuguese)
n. - fogo (m) do inferno

Русский (Russian)
адский огонь

Español (Spanish)
n. - fuego del infierno

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - helveteseld

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
地狱之火, 严酷的苦难

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 地獄之火, 嚴酷的苦難

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 지옥의 불, 지옥의 괴로움

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 地獄の火, ひどい苦しみ, 地獄の業火, 地獄の刑罰

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) نار جهنم وعذابها‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮אש הגיהנום‬

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