hell fire
Eternal punishment's blaze
Hellfire is the fire of hell—the flames imagined to torment the damned for eternity.
The word appears in religious contexts warning of divine punishment: a hellfire-and-brimstone sermon.
Extended to describe intense destruction or fury: The enemy rained hellfire on the city.
Also spelled as two words.
- damnationEternal punishment decree
- purgatoryPlace of temporary suffering
- perditionEternal spiritual ruin
- TartarusDeepest realm of punishment
- brimstoneArchaic word for sulfur
inferno · guilt · Gehenna · burning pit · remorse · divine wrath · shame · torment · gothic horror · hellmouth · dread · anguish · fear · mortal sin · eternal punishment · gnashing of teeth · apocalypse · wildfire
hell fireparadise
Ideal, blissful place
heaven · heavenly bliss · eternal life · kingdom of heaven · salvation
hell firedivine grace
Unmerited favor from deity
redemption · forgiveness · salvation · eternal reward · sanctification
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