Gehenna

noun

gi-ˈhe-nə How to pronounce Gehenna (audio)
Definition of Gehennanext
1
as in nightmare
a situation or state that causes great suffering and unhappiness the depression that has enshrouded her since the death of her husband is a Gehenna from which she may never be released

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2
as in hell
the place of punishment for the wicked after death in a fire-and-brimstone sermon, the evangelist warned those assembled that they faced the fires of Gehenna if they failed to repent

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  1. nightmare
  2. hell
  3. agony
  4. inferno
  5. torment
  6. misery
  7. horror
  8. torture
Noun
  • India is feeling the full force of this Travis headwind. 2023 was bad enough, From the World Test Championship final at the Oval to Ahmedabad in the World Cup Final five months later, Head has been Rohit Sharma’s biggest nightmare.
    Tim Ellis, Forbes, 15 Dec. 2024
  • Cut to the Yellowstone crew, still coming to grips with John Dutton’s nightmare scenario, dismantling a ranch that cannot be kept because of the tax burden.
    Lynette Rice, Deadline, 15 Dec. 2024
Definition of nightmare
Noun
  • However, the road to hell is paved with good intentions.
    Steve Tengler, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Who knew the doorway to hell could be so… romantic?
    Claire Franken, TVLine, 7 Dec. 2024
Definition of hell
Noun
  • Having at last regained hope from the fall of the House of Assad, the Syrian people expect no less from the countries that have for so many years allowed the country’s agony to continue at their expense.
    Natasha Hall, Foreign Affairs, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Santa Cruz’s tiny agonies manage a delicate balance between stately, shimmering guitar lines and plaintive synthesizer accompaniment while Bazan sings with a gusto that bests his finest performances.
    Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 3 Dec. 2024
Definition of agony
Noun
  • Without cellular service or WiFi, Perry said his family relied on the emergency notifications to prepare and get themselves out of their home — just a canyon over from the growing inferno.
    Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2024
  • The inferno — dubbed the Jennings Creek Wildfire by the New Jersey Forest Fire Service — had grown to 3,500 acres and was 20% contained Tuesday morning.
    Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
Definition of inferno
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  • Corrin, who plays Anna Harding, went through a different type of torment on set.
    Samantha Stutsman, People.com, 4 Dec. 2024
  • When evidence like rape kits go untested, survivors are left in limbo and torment while perpetrators are free to reoffend.
    N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA TODAY, 18 Nov. 2024
Definition of torment
Noun
  • While there are notable and beautiful bright spots to All or Nothing (most of which go to infallible Leigh regular Ruth Sheen), the film really doubles down on the ambient misery of these people’s lives.
    Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Adults explain little to her—the possibility of death lies beyond her field of vision—which gives the vivid misery of her treatment a fairy-tale quality.
    Molly Fischer, The New Yorker, 4 Dec. 2024
Definition of misery
Noun
  • That definitely still draws certain Academy members toward watching the film, but even the tamest of horror films have historically been shut out of any Oscar nominations.
    Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 12 Dec. 2024
  • Several fans of the original felt the satirical horror film should not be remade at all.
    Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of horror
Noun
  • For months she was moved among clandestine torture centers.
    Joshua Hammer, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Dec. 2024
  • These were Arabic names for torture techniques repeated to me by Syrians who had been jailed during the regime crackdown on the anti-government uprising that erupted across the country in 2011.
    Ivan Watson, CNN, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of torture
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