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Definitions

Hades

[hey-deez] / ˈheɪ diz /

NOUN

bottomless pit

Synonyms

WEAK

abysm abyss chasm crevasse fire and brimstone gulf hell infernal regions

NOUN

hell

Synonyms

STRONGEST

inferno misery nightmare purgatory

STRONG

Gehenna abyss affliction agony anguish blazes difficulty grave limbo ordeal pandemonium perdition pit suffering torment trial underworld wretchedness

WEAK

Abaddon bottomless pit everlasting fire fire and brimstone hellfire infernal regions lower world nether world place of torment

Antonyms

STRONG

comfort contentment happiness health joy peace pleasure

WEAK

heaven

NOUN

inferno

Synonyms

STRONGEST

purgatory

STRONG

blazes hellfire netherworld underworld

WEAK

bottomless pit everlasting fire fire and brimstone

NOUN

living hell

Synonyms

WEAK

Abaddon Gehenna abyss affliction agony anguish blazes bottomless pit difficulty everlasting fire fire and brimstone grave hellfire infernal regions inferno limbo lower world misery nether world nightmare ordeal pandemonium perdition persecution pit place of torment purgatory suffering torment torture tortures of the damned trial underworld wretchedness

NOUN

nether world

Synonyms

WEAK

infernal pit infernal regions nether regions underworld world of the dead

Antonyms

WEAK

heaven paradise

NOUN

perdition

Synonyms

STRONG

Gehenna abyss affliction condemnation damnation inferno pit punishment purgatory ruin suffering underworld

WEAK

Abaddon bottomless pit everlasting fire fire and brimstone infernal regions loss of the soul lower world nether world place of torment

Antonyms

STRONG

exoneration redemption

NOUN

purgatory

Synonyms

STRONGEST

limbo

STRONG

Gehenna abyss perdition pit suffering underworld

WEAK

Abaddon bottomless pit everlasting fire fire and brimstone infernal regions lower world nether world place of torment

Example Sentences

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Normally the famous singer is more seriously engaged in Hades and the Valley of the Blessed.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

Singer-songwriter Melanie Martinez's newly released album, Hades, is just behind BTS at number five.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

Or what in Hades will happen to the surviving characters?

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 19, 2025

It depicts Dionysus journeying to Hades to retrieve a poet who can help Athens in crisis, culminating in a contest between Aeschylus and Euripides.

From Salon • Apr. 13, 2025

Frank felt as if a door had opened somewhere in the House of Hades, letting in a blast of fresh air that swept through the tunnels.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

Hades

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