Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun gehenna

1 sense of gehenna

Sense 1
Gehenna, Tartarus -- (a place where the wicked are punished after death)
       => Hell, perdition, Inferno, infernal region, nether region, pit -- ((Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment; "Hurl'd headlong...To bottomless perdition, there to dwell"- John Milton; "a demon from the depths of the pit"; "Hell is paved with good intentions"-Dr. Johnson)