hellish meaning and definition

HELLISH adjective

Definition of hellish (adjective)

1. very unpleasant
   • "hellish weather"; "stop that god-awful racket"
   • synonyms: beastly, god-awful
2. extremely evil or cruel; expressive of cruelty or befitting hell
   • "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"
   • synonyms: demonic, diabolic, diabolical, fiendish, infernal, satanic, unholy