hellish
/ˈhelɪʃ/adjective
उच्चारण हेलिश
नारकीय, बेहद कष्टदायक
Core word
- 1
informal
extremely unpleasant
नारकीय, बेहद कष्टदायक
- We had a hellish journey through the flooded roads.
- The heat in the factory was hellish.
- The traffic on the highway was hellish during the festival.
+ 2 more examples
- Waiting in the sun for six hours was a hellish experience.
- She had a hellish week of exams and deadlines.
Synonyms dreadful awful horrible infernal
Opposite heavenly delightful
§Structures (grammar patterns) 5
hellish + noun
Hellish is an adjective of degree: it goes before a noun to say that something is extremely unpleasant.
Hellish degree बताने वाला adjective है; वह noun से पहले आकर किसी चीज़ को अत्यंत अप्रिय बताता है।
- We spent a hellish night in the broken-down bus.
- The traffic was hellish on Monday.
be hellish
It can also come after the verb be or seem, with no noun following.
यह 'be' या 'seem' के बाद भी आ सकता है, उसके बाद noun की ज़रूरत नहीं।
- The heat in May was hellish.
hellish + for + sb
Add for to say who suffers.
कौन कष्ट पाता है, यह बताने के लिए 'for' जोड़ा जाता है।
- Exam season was hellish for the students.
hellishly (adverb)
The adverb hellishly is used before an adjective as an informal intensifier.
Adverb 'hellishly' adjective से पहले अनौपचारिक तीव्रता-सूचक की तरह आता है।
- The tunnel was hellishly hot.
hellish (informal intensifier)
In speech, hellish often exaggerates; in formal writing prefer terrible, appalling or extremely unpleasant.
बोलचाल में 'hellish' प्रायः अतिशयोक्ति होता है; औपचारिक लेखन में terrible, appalling या extremely unpleasant को वरीयता दें।
- The exam was extremely difficult, but I would not call it hellish in an essay.
+Collocations 5
hellish + noun
journeyheattrafficexperiencenightmare
- The journey on the crowded train was hellish.
verb + hellish
beseemsoundlookfeel
- The jam outside the stadium looked hellish.
adverb + hellish
absolutelytrulysimplyquitefrankly
- The queue at the ticket counter was absolutely hellish.
hellish + time words
hellish dayhellish weekhellish summerhellish year
- Her first week in the new city was hellish.
hellish + for
hellish for travellershellish for farmershellish for patientshellish for residents
- The power cuts were hellish for the patients.
“More examples 7
- The firefighters described the blaze as a hellish scene of smoke and noise.
अग्निशमन कर्मियों ने उस आग को धुएँ और शोर का नारकीय दृश्य बताया।
- Travelling in May without air conditioning was hellish.
मई में बिना वातानुकूलन के यात्रा करना बहुत कष्टदायक था।
- Radhika had a hellish week before the board exams.
बोर्ड परीक्षाओं से पहले राधिका का सप्ताह बहुत कष्ट भरा रहा।
- The soldiers told stories of hellish battles in the mountains.
सैनिकों ने पहाड़ों में हुई भयानक लड़ाइयों की कहानियाँ सुनाईं।
- The water shortage made life hellish for the villagers.
पानी की कमी ने गाँववालों का जीवन दुखद बना दिया।
- The queue for the railway reservation was hellish during the festival season.
त्योहारों के मौसम में रेलवे आरक्षण की कतार बहुत कष्टदायक थी।
- The hellish roar of the engines kept the whole street awake.
इंजनों की भयंकर गड़गड़ाहट ने पूरी गली को जगाए रखा।
!Common mistakes 1
✗ The weather was very hellishly hot.
✓ The weather was hellishly hot.
Hellishly already works as an intensifier, so 'very' before it is incorrect; also very cannot modify an adverb of this kind.
'Hellishly' स्वयं तीव्रता बताता है, इसलिए उसके पहले 'very' जोड़ना अनुचित है।