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# hell

«hell» in Mova's school dictionary: **In some religions, a place where bad people are believed…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (uncountable; also interjection — rude)

### meaning for a pupil

1) In some religions, a place where bad people are believed to go after death to be punished. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hell/#m1)

2) A very unpleasant place or experience. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hell/#m2)

3) (rude, mild swearing) Said to show anger, surprise or emphasis: "What the hell?", "hell of a". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hell/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In stories and religious education, hell is the opposite of heaven. In real speech it is a mild swear word, not allowed in polite talk or school writing. Phrases: (rude) bloody hell, what the hell, a hell of a, go to hell (very rude), like hell.

### examples

- In the story, the devil lived in hell. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hell/#x1)
- The traffic jam was hell. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hell/#x2)
- (rude) What the hell is that noise? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hell/#x3)
- (rude) Bloody hell, that was close! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hell/#x4)
- (rude) We had a hell of a time getting home. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hell/#x5)
- The long walk in the heat was hell. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hell/#x6)

### note

As a swear word it adds feeling, not facts: "a hell of a lot" just means "very many". "Go to hell" is very rude. Capital H is sometimes used in religious writing.

### In the corpora

- ["The other place" (old-fashioned, UK) means hell.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/31-drinking-drugs-religion-fate/18/)
- ["Down below" (old-fashioned) means hell.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/31-drinking-drugs-religion-fate/19/)
- ["Heck" is a mild word used instead of "hell", as in "What the heck?"](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/38-drat-and-the-f-word/10/)
- [Many Christians believe God will judge everyone fairly and with mercy; beliefs about hell differ widely and are disputed.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/22-prayer-forgiveness-grace-and-heaven/19/)
- ["Bloody hell, I'm dead," he mutters, meaning he's in big trouble.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/106-late-and-early-being-on-time/4/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «hell» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hell/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.