<adj.all> hellish weather stop that god-awful racket
extremely evil or cruel; expressive of cruelty or befitting hell
<adj.all> 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
Hellish \Hell"ish\, a. Of or pertaining to hell; like hell; infernal; malignant; wicked; detestable; diabolical. ``Hellish hate.'' --Milton. -- {Hell"ish*ly}, adv. -- {Hell"ish*ness}, n.
It's more appropriate for hailing a taxi three blocks away in rush-hour traffic, or overcoming the hellish racket at a rock concert.
The museum staff, headed by former inmate Kazimierz Smolen, has struggled with the beautifying effect of ever-growing grass, the soothing sound of birds singing and the government's limited resources to maintain the camp's hellish authenticity.
Minus, of course, the bleak and carbuncular - but not, to be honest, hellish - town of Tignes.
When I began my ministry in New York City in the early 1970s, I, too, argued that these unfortunates were better off on the street than in some hellish asylum.
He said a "hellish establishment" was dominating the world.
"Over the next three years I think we are going to see some hellish delays developing," Kasper said in a panel discussion at the 50th annual Aviation-Space Writers Association conference.
Last year's combination of heat and drought across a wide swath of the West produced a hellish summer of smoke and flame.