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English
Pronunciation
Adverb
as hell
- (postpositive, simile, somewhat vulgar) To a great extent or degree; very.
It's cold as hell in here!
It was icy as hell on the road that morning, and as I put my brakes on, the van just kept going.
Kim's phony as hell.
The neighbor's dog is loud as hell.
1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):With conscience wide as hell, mowing like grass
2004, James W. Huston, Secret Justice:Just annoying as hell, as obnoxious as hell, and as effective as hell.
2004, Teralee E. M. Bird, Seraphim Trilogy Book One; What the Herald Angel Sang:Even though he was frightened for them, even though he was scared as hell to fail them, it felt so good to know these people cared when he hurt!
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see as, hell.
1707, Isaac Watts, “Parting with Carnal Joys”, in Hymns and Spiritual Songs, London: J. Humfreys, page 87:My Soul forſakes her vain Delight, / and bids the World farewel, / Baſe as the Dirt beneath my Feet, / And miſcheivous as Hell.
Usage notes
May also be used in conjunction with a prepositive as; for example, as mean as hell.
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very
- Belarusian: да хале́ры (da xaljéry)
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: ～到死 (dou3 sei2), ～到鬼 (dou3 gwai2), 鬼咁～ (gwai2 gam3)
- Czech: jako prase (cs)
- Danish: pisse-
- Dutch: als de pest, als de neten
- French: à mort (fr), à crever
- Italian: da morire
- Polish: cholernie (pl), jak cholera (pl), jak diabli (pl), jak jasna cholera, jak jasny gwint, jak nie wiem, jak nie wiem co, jak sto diabłów, jak wszyscy diabli
- Portuguese: pra caralho (pt)
- Romanian: ca dracu
- Russian: черто́вски (ru) (čertóvski)
- Swedish: som fan (sv), så in i helvete
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