Meanings
- postpositionalvulgarsimileTo a great extent or degree; very.
Kim's phony as hell.
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It's cold as hell in here!
It was icy as hell on the road that morning, and as I put my brakes on, the van just kept going.
The neighbor's dog is loud as hell.
With conscience wide as hell, mowing like grass
1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals)Two thousand years of waiting for their Messiah, and they're still persistent as hell.
2001, Dan Brown, Angels and DemonsSynonyms: as, as all hell, as a motherfucker, as anything, as fuck, as heck, as shit
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbTo a great extent or degree; very.
Translations
Chinese Cantonese ～到死, ～到鬼
- ～到死 (dou³ sei²)very
- ～到鬼 (dou³ gwai²)very
- 鬼咁～ (gwai² gam³)very
Czech jako prase
- jako prasevery
Danish pisse-
- pisse-very
Dutch als de pest, als de neten
- als de pestvery
- als de netenvery
French à mort, à crever
- à mortvery
- à creververy
Italian da morire
- da morirevery
Polish cholernie, jak cholera
- cholernievery
- jak choleravery
- jak diablivery
- jak jasna choleravery
- jak jasny gwintvery
- jak nie wiemvery
- jak nie wiem covery
- jak sto diabłówvery
- jak wszyscy diablivery
Portuguese pra caralho
- pra caralhovery
Romanian ca dracu
- ca dracuvery
Russian черто́вски
- черто́вски (čertóvski)very
Swedish som fan, så in i helvete
- som fanvery
- så in i helvetevery
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as hell. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/as%20hell
“as hell.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/as%20hell. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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