hellish
infernal, related or similar to hell.
Adjective
- 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, […] - 1589–1592 (date written), Ch[ristopher] Marl[owe], The Tragicall History of D. Faustus....
Synonyms: helly stygian Acherontic infernal Hadean hellish Plutonic Plutonian subtartarean Tartarean
Antonyms: heavenly
- causing great pain, discomfort or distress.
- I woke up from a hellish noise coming from the house next door.
Synonyms: awful horrible infernal nightmarish terrible agonizing ailsome excruciating groanful hellish hurtful painable painful tormenting tormentous torturous unpleasant wrenchful abysmal atrocious bad chronic coarse corny
Antonyms: heavenly
Origin
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱel-der. Proto-Indo-European *ḱel-yo- /*ḱol-yeh₂-der.? Proto-Germanic *haljō Proto-West Germanic *hallju Old English hell Middle English helle English hell Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -ish English -ish English hellish From hell + -ish.