hellish
adjUS, UK /ˈhɛlɪʃ/
Etymology From hell + -ish.
1
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. […], London: […] V[alentine] S[immes] for Thomas Bushell, published 1604, →OCLC, signature [F3], recto:
2
Excessive causing great pain, discomfort or distress.
- I woke up from a hellish noise coming from the house next door.
- Derived terms
- hellishly, hellishness, unhellish
- Related terms
- hell