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HELL ON EARTH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hell on earth mean?
• HELL ON EARTH (noun)
The noun HELL ON EARTH has 1 sense:
1. any place of pain and turmoil
Familiarity information: HELL ON EARTH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any place of pain and turmoil
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
hell; hell on earth; hellhole; inferno; snake pit; the pits
Context example:
when you're alone Christmas is the pits
Hypernyms ("hell on earth" is a kind of...):
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