Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The qualities of hell; extreme wickedness or malignity.
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- noun The property of being
hellish .
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Examples
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'Boon to Womanhood' and its kind of hellishness causes in a year, thanks to the help of your honest journalism? "
The Clarion Samuel Hopkins Adams 1914
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Two things this week have made the hellishness of military violence painfully clear.
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Beyond the hellishness of the crime and the tragedy of any killing, last week's fatal shooting of the D.C. school's principal, Brian Betts, will leave behind a field of mangled little souls.
D.C. principal's killing leaves behind a field of mangled little souls 2010
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But yes, the style is a departure: it's very simple here out of respect for the hellishness of the story that I'm trying to assemble, piece by piece.
An Amazon.com Books Blog featuring news, reviews, interviews and guest author blogs. 2008
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It was a devils 'anthem, glorifying hellishness -- suggestive of the gnashing of a million teeth, and the whicker of drawn blades -- more shuddersome and mean than the wind of a winter's night.
In The Time Of Light dj barber 2010
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Beyond the hellishness of the crime and the tragedy of any killing, last week's fatal shooting of the D.C. school's principal, Brian Betts, will leave behind a field of mangled little souls.
D.C. principal's killing leaves behind a field of mangled little souls 2010
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And it was funny, because I realized my tendency to redirect myself - to right myself - actually is a direct result of the hellishness I endured in my relationship with L.
Dru Blood - I believe in the inherent goodness of all beings: True Sounds of Liberty 2006
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This Noise, a brilliant concept, is superbly evoked by Ness in all its hellishness.
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This Noise, a brilliant concept, is superbly evoked by Ness in all its hellishness.
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And it was funny, because I realized my tendency to redirect myself - to right myself - actually is a direct result of the hellishness I endured in my relationship with L.
Dru Blood - I believe in the inherent goodness of all beings: January 2006 Archives 2006
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