hellfire
Eternal torment's blaze
Hellfire is the fire of hell, the flames in which the damned supposedly suffer for eternity.
It appears in phrases describing punishment or condemnation: The preacher threatened hellfire and brimstone.
Figuratively, hellfire describes intense anger or fierce energy: She came at him with hellfire in her eyes.
Archaic word for sulfur
- sulfurYellow combustible element
- infernoDevastating, uncontrollable blaze
- flamesVisible burning combustion
- blazeIntense burning fire
conflagration · embers · scorching · heat · furnace · molten · burning · smoke
Judeo-Christian arch-enemy of God
- LuciferRebellious angel of Christian theology
- demonMalevolent supernatural being
- devilEvil supernatural entity
- HadesGreek afterlife realm
abyss · fiend · diabolical · underworld · evil · malevolent · sinister · wicked
Eternal spiritual ruin
- damnationEternal punishment decree
- condemnationSevere disapproval expressed formally
- judgmentReasoned decision-making capacity
- punishmentPenalty for an offense
retribution · sin · doom · guilt · penalty · blasphemy · heresy · wrath
Clergy's worship address
- revivalReturn after decline
- evangelistZealous advocate or preacher
- pulpitChurch speaking platform
- repentanceRemorseful rejection of past wrongs
televangelism · damnation · warning · prophecy · apocalyptic · fundamentalist · tent revival
Extreme physical or emotional pain
- sufferingSustained experience of distress
- tortureDeliberate infliction of suffering
- anguishIntense mental suffering
- painBodily or emotional distress
misery · affliction · woe · tribulation · distress · despair · lamentation · gnashing
brimstone
Archaic word for sulfur
- sulfurYellow combustible element
- infernoDevastating, uncontrollable blaze
- flamesVisible burning combustion
blaze · conflagration · embers · scorching · heat · furnace · molten · burning · smoke · eternal flame
Satan
Judeo-Christian arch-enemy of God
- LuciferRebellious angel of Christian theology
- demonMalevolent supernatural being
- devilEvil supernatural entity
Hades · abyss · fiend · diabolical · underworld · evil · malevolent · sinister · wicked · unholy
perdition
Eternal spiritual ruin
- damnationEternal punishment decree
- condemnationSevere disapproval expressed formally
- judgmentReasoned decision-making capacity
punishment · retribution · sin · doom · guilt · penalty · blasphemy · heresy · wrath · repentance
sermon
Clergy's worship address
- revivalReturn after decline
- evangelistZealous advocate or preacher
- pulpitChurch speaking platform
repentance · televangelism · damnation · warning · prophecy · apocalyptic · fundamentalist · tent revival
agony
Extreme physical or emotional pain
- sufferingSustained experience of distress
- tortureDeliberate infliction of suffering
- anguishIntense mental suffering
pain · misery · affliction · woe · tribulation · distress · despair · lamentation · gnashing · weeping
- Biblical Afterlifeheaven, paradise, Hades, Gehenna, eternal life
- Hellbrimstone, perdition, damnation, bottomless pit, eternal torment
- Islamic beliefstawhid, creed, monotheism, five pillars, prophethood
- Islamic TheologyAllah, tawhid, creed, divine wisdom, predestination
- Islamic creedtawhid, shirk, Allah, prophets, monotheism
- fireflame, blaze, flames, inferno, embers
hellfireheaven
Sky or bliss
paradise · salvation · eternal life · eternal reward · Elysium
hellfiredivine grace
Unmerited favor from deity
redemption · grace · divine mercy · eternal peace · forgiveness
hellfireliving water
Flowing, fresh water source
still waters · balm · healing balm · gentle warmth · holy water