hellfire

Meanings

Noun

• The fire of Hell.
• Fire produced by the Devil, or a similar supernatural creature connected to Hell.
• A fire that burns with unusual heat or ferocity.

Adjective

• Of or relating to a violent, apocalyptic and ultimate day of reckoning and judgment; usually characterizing a form of Christian preaching.

Interjection

• hell; damn; blast

Origin

• From Middle English helle fire, helever, from Old English hellefȳr, equivalent to . Cognate with West Frisian helfjoer, Dutch hellevuur, German Höllenfeuer.