hellward
Toward the underworld
Hellward means toward hell, in the direction of damnation or ruin.
The word appears in religious contexts describing souls bound for perdition, or figuratively for anything heading toward disaster: The economy continued its hellward slide.
Literary and somewhat archaic, it functions as both adverb and adjective: a hellward trajectory.
Eternal spiritual ruin
- eternalLasting without end
- punishmentPenalty for an offense
- condemnationSevere disapproval expressed formally
- sinViolation of divine law
judgment · torment · brimstone · soul · wrath · divine · retribution · afterlife
Of or like devils
- satanicExtremely wicked or cruel
- fieryIntensely hot or passionate
- underworldRealm of the departed
- HadesGreek afterlife realm
inferno · brimstone · diabolical · netherworld · abyssal · Mephistophelean · pandemonium · sulfurous
Immeasurably profound depth
- plungeSudden steep descent
- fallDescend under gravity
- downfallSudden loss of power
- declineDecrease or refuse
degeneration · deterioration · slip · slide · nosedive · collapse · spiraling · sinking
Total civilizational collapse
- catastropheDevastating, large-scale misfortune
- judgmentReasoned decision-making capacity
- ruinComplete destruction or collapse
- destructionAct of completely ruining
annihilation · fate · destiny · prophecy · calamity · disaster · demise · end times
perdition
Eternal spiritual ruin
- eternalLasting without end
- punishmentPenalty for an offense
- condemnationSevere disapproval expressed formally
sin · judgment · torment · brimstone · soul · wrath · divine · retribution · afterlife · morality
demonic
Of or like devils
- satanicExtremely wicked or cruel
- fieryIntensely hot or passionate
- underworldRealm of the departed
Hades · inferno · brimstone · diabolical · netherworld · abyssal · Mephistophelean · pandemonium · sulfurous · devils
abyss
Immeasurably profound depth
decline · degeneration · deterioration · slip · slide · nosedive · collapse · spiraling · sinking · freefall
apocalypse
Total civilizational collapse
- catastropheDevastating, large-scale misfortune
- judgmentReasoned decision-making capacity
- ruinComplete destruction or collapse
destruction · annihilation · fate · destiny · prophecy · calamity · disaster · demise · end times · doomsday
- Downward directionsdown, below, beneath, under, underneath