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What are words to describe hell?

Here are some words to describe hell, grouped by category:

General:

* Infernal: relating to or characteristic of hell.

* Abysmal: extremely bad; appalling.

* Damned: condemned to hell; utterly hopeless.

* Cursed: under a divine curse; doomed to suffering.

* Tormenting: causing great pain or suffering.

* Devastating: causing great destruction or damage.

* Desolate: completely empty or deserted; without life or hope.

* Grim: dark and depressing; forbidding.

* Dreadful: causing fear or dread; terrifying.

* Dire: extremely serious or urgent; desperate.

* Abominable: extremely unpleasant or repulsive.

* Fiendish: wicked and cruel; demonic.

Physical Descriptions:

* Flames: burning intensely; fiery.

* Scorching: extremely hot; burning.

* Sulphurous: smelling of sulfur; pungent.

* Stygian: dark and gloomy; like the river Styx in Greek mythology.

* Chasm: a deep, gaping hole or fissure.

* Abyss: a bottomless pit; a state of infinite despair.

* Cinder: a small piece of burning or partly burned wood or coal.

* Ashen: covered in or resembling ashes; gray.

* Boiling: very hot; bubbling.

Emotional Descriptions:

* Agony: extreme physical or mental suffering.

* Despair: the complete loss of hope.

* Anguish: extreme mental suffering.

* Desperation: a state of extreme urgency or distress.

* Dread: a feeling of great fear or apprehension.

* Loneliness: the state of being alone and isolated.

* Hatred: intense dislike or disgust.

* Fury: extreme anger.

* Regret: sadness and remorse for something done or left undone.

Metaphorical Descriptions:

* Hades: the underworld in Greek mythology.

* Tartarus: the deepest, darkest part of Hades.

* Sheol: the grave in Jewish tradition.

* Pit: a place of great suffering or danger.

* Deepest depths: the lowest point of something; a state of utter despair.

* A living hell: a situation of extreme suffering or hardship.

The specific words you choose will depend on the context and the intended effect.

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