hellspawn

A creature or creatures from hell.

Noun

  1. A creature or creatures from hell.
    • Despite his grim mien, his kinship with vein-biters and hellspawns, Batman always maintained one pious virtue, his unspoken insistence on the value—the sacredness—of human life. - 1994, Dennis O’Neil, Batman:...
    • Image Animation also fabricated the hellspawns’ bondage-inspired costumes, substituting foam material for the more expensive leather of the previous two films. - 1996, Anthony Timpone, Men, Makeup, and Monsters:...
    • The face and voice were beyond question those of the man who had died to protect her in a room full of hellspawn and slaughter. - 1998, David Drake, Queen of Demons, Tor Books, →ISBN, page 115:
  2. Any monster; a vicious fiend or villain.

Origin

From hell + spawn.

Forms

hellspawn hellspawns

Related

hellhound bad seed