What is the meaning of hellish?

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adjective

  • Very unpleasant.
    • usage: "hellish weather"; "stop that god-awful racket"
  • Extremely evil or cruel; expressive of cruelty or befitting hell.
    • usage: "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"
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