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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. very unpleasant;
- Example: "hellish weather"
- Example: "stop that god-awful racket"
[syn: beastly, hellish, god-awful]

2. extremely evil or cruel; expressive of cruelty or befitting hell;
- Example: "something demonic in him--something that could be cruel"
- Example: "fires lit up a diabolic scene"
- Example: "diabolical sorcerers under the influence of devils"
- Example: "a fiendish despot"
- Example: "hellish torture"
- Example: "infernal instruments of war"
- Example: "satanic cruelty"
- Example: "unholy grimaces"
[syn: demonic, diabolic, diabolical, fiendish, hellish, infernal, satanic, unholy]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

hellish
    adj 1: very unpleasant; "hellish weather"; "stop that god-awful
           racket" [syn: beastly, hellish, 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, hellish, infernal,
       satanic, unholy]