Hell

n.	1.
	1.	The place of the dead, or of souls after death; the grave; - called in Hebrew sheol, and by the Greeks hades. He descended into hell. - Book of Common Prayer. Thou wilt not leave my soul in hell. - Ps. xvi. 10.
	2.	The place or state of punishment for the wicked after death; the abode of evil spirits. Hence, any mental torment; anguish. It is a knell That summons thee to heaven or to hell. - Shak.
	3.	A place where outcast persons or things are gathered Gates of hell (Script.) See Gate, n., 4.
v. t.	1.	To overwhelm.

Noun	1.	hell - any place of pain and turmoil; "the hell of battle"; "the inferno of the engine room"; "when you're alone Christmas is the pits"; Synonyms: hell on earth, hellhole, inferno, snake pit, the pits
	2.	hell - a cause of difficulty and suffering; "war is hell"; "go to blazes" Synonyms: blaze
	3.	Hell - (Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment; "Hurl'd headlong...To bottomless perdition, there to dwell"- John Milton; "a demon from the depths of the pit" Synonyms: infernal region, nether region, perdition, the pit, Inferno Antonyms: Heaven - the abode of God and the angels
	4.	Hell - (religion) the world of the dead; "he didn't want to go to hell when he died" Synonyms: netherworld, Scheol, underworld, Hades, Hel, infernal region
	5.	hell - violent and excited activity; "they began to fight like sin" Synonyms: sin
	6.	hell - noisy and unrestrained mischief; "raising blazes" Synonyms: blaze

To dream of hell, denotes that you may be suffering from a seemingly inescapable situation. You may have placed your decision or course of action into someone else's hand. Alternatively, you may be possessing many inner fears and repressed guilty feelings. It is time to quit punishing yourself and take it easy for awhile.Abaddon, Acheron, Babel, Dis, Erebus, Gehenna, Hades, Pandemonium, Sheol, Styx, Tartarus, Tophet, Torrid Zone, abyss, affliction, agony, anguish, bedlam, betting house, betting parlor, blazes, bottomless pit, bowels, cacophony, cage, casino, castigation, censure, chaos, clawing, confusion of tongues, coop, crib, criticism, cruciation, crucifixion, deep space, deeps, depths, enclosure, equator, flat, furnace, gambling den, gambling hall, gambling hell, gambling house, gaming house, gaping depths, hades, hell upon earth, holocaust, horror, infernal pit, infernal regions, inferno, joint, laceration, lancination, limbo, lower world, martyrdom, misery, nether world, netherworld, nightmare, noise, ordeal, outer space, oven, pain, pandemonium, passion, pen, penfold, perdition, persecution, pinfold, pit, place of confinement, poolroom, pound, purgatory, rack, racket, reprimand, scolding, sporting house, static, steam bath, subtropics, suffering, torment, torture, trial, tropics, underworld, unfathomed deeps, unknown depths, upbraiding, wassail

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