hellish

Words with a similar base: hellish

'hellish'

[beastly.s.01] as in: very unpleasant

Examples:
hellish weather
stop that god-awful racket

'hellish'

[demonic.s.01] as in: extremely evil or cruel; expressive of cruelty or befitting hell

Examples:
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

Origins

					hellish (English)
├── -ish (English)
│   └── -ish (Middle English (1100-1500))
└── hell (English)
    └── helle (Middle English (1100-1500))
        └── hel (Old English (ca. 450-1100))

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