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

1 sense of hellfire

Sense 1
hellfire, red region -- (a place of eternal fire envisaged as punishment for the damned)
       => 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)