hell no

interjection

Expressing firm disagreement.

“Will you mow the lawn? Hell no!”

Similar
heck nohecks no
Opposite
hell yeahhells yeah
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Meanings

hell no1

interjection

alternative Hell no · alternative hell to the no · alternative hell to the naw · alternative hell's no

  1. mildlyslangvulgarExpressing firm disagreement.

    Will you mow the lawn? Hell no!

    2 more examples

    No, no, hell no. The true answer is that there is no one answer; […]

    2012 March 3, Jon Evans, “Pair Programming Considered Harmful?”, in TechCrunch, archived from the original on 15 Jul 2017

    My girlfriends say "Are you gonna be sad / If he calls you up, you gonna take him back?" / I said "hell no, oh hell no!"

    2016 April 29, Ingrid Michaelson, Barry Dean, Luke Laird, “Hell No”, in It Doesn't Have to Make Sense, performed by Ingrid Michaelson

    Synonyms: heck no, hecks no

Hell no2

interjection
  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of hell no.

Synonyms & antonyms

interjectionExpressing firm disagreement.

Similar
heck nohecks no
Opposite
hell yeahhells yeah
Also see
fuck noheck no

Translations

Finnish ei helvetissä
  • ei helvetissäTranslations
Italian col cazzo
  • col cazzoTranslations
Spanish abrenuncio
  • abrenuncioTranslations
Cite this entry
APA

hell no. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hell%20no

MLA

“hell no.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hell%20no. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hell no,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hell%20no.

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