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Definition of Hell on earth
1. Noun. Any place of pain and turmoil. "When you're alone Christmas is the pits"
Generic synonyms: Part, Region
Derivative terms: Infernal
Definition of Hell on earth
1. Noun. (idiomatic) A very unpleasant situation; torment, particularly when widespread. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hell On Earth
Literary usage of Hell on earth
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Twenty-five Village Sermons by Charles Kingsley (1854)
"hell on earth. "And behold the evil spirits cried out, saying, What have we to
do with Thee, Jesus, Thou Son of God ? Art Thou come hither to torment us ..."
2. Our New West: Records of Travel Between the Mississippi River and the by Samuel Bowles (1869)
"... Napa and Sonoma Valleys and their Characteristics—"Hell on Earth" Indeed—The
Fashionable " Baths" of California—A San Francisco Girl " Takes a ..."
3. Facts and Falsehoods Concerning the War on the South, 1861-1865 by Elizabeth Avery Meriwether (1904)
"His Home a Hell on Earth. Herndon and Lamon both say that Mr. Lincoln proposed
marriage to three women. The first was Miss Rutledge, ..."
4. The Complete Poetical Works of Robert Burns by Robert Burns, William Ernest Henley (1897)
"... man: My " pains o' hell " on earth is past, I "in sure o' bliss aboon, man.
CHORUS O, ay my wife she dang me, An' aft my wife she bang'd me ! ..."
5. Twenty-five Village Sermons by Charles Kingsley (1854)
"hell on earth. '' And behold the evil spirits cried out, saying, What have we to
do with Thee, Jesus, Thou Son of God ? Art Thou come hither to torment us ..."
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