to hell with

phrase

Used to show displeasure or disregard toward the named person or thing.

“To hell with this rotten city, to all of it!”

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Meanings

phraseto hell with ...
  1. mildlyvulgarUsed to show displeasure or disregard toward the named person or thing.

    To hell with this rotten city, to all of it!

    2 more examples

    "I don't want an elephant's soul, or any soul at all!" he said. For a few moments he sat despondently. Suddenly he jumped to his feet, with his eyes blazing and all the signs of intense cerebral excitement. "To hell with you and your souls!" he shouted. "Why do you plague me about souls? Haven't I got enough to worry, and pain, and distract me already, without thinking of souls!"

    1897, Bram Stoker, “Dr. Seward’s Diary”, in Dracula, New York, N.Y.: Modern Library, →OCLC, chapter XX, page 299

    Yes, it would be dangerous to get too carried away but right here, right now, to hell with anyone who insists it is time for restraint.

    2018 July 3, Daniel Taylor, “England knock Colombia out of World Cup in last-16 penalty shootout”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 04 Jul 2018

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
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Translations

Czech k čertu
  • k čertuused to show displeasure
Finnish helvettiin
  • helvettiinused to show displeasure
French au diable
  • au diableused to show displeasure
German zum Teufel
  • zum Teufelused to show displeasure
Hungarian pokolba
  • pokolbaused to show displeasure
Indonesian persetan
  • persetanused to show displeasure
Italian fanculo, abbasso
  • fanculoused to show displeasure
  • abbassoused to show displeasure
  • al diavoloused to show displeasure
Portuguese foda-se
  • foda-seused to show displeasure
Punjabi وَڑْنا
  • وَڑْنا (vaṛnā)used to show displeasure
Russian к чёрту
  • к чёрту (k čórtu)used to show displeasure
Spanish al carajo, al diablo
  • al carajoused to show displeasure
  • al diabloused to show displeasure
  • a la mierdaused to show displeasure
Cite this entry
APA

to hell with. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/to%20hell%20with

MLA

“to hell with.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/to%20hell%20with. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “to hell with,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/to%20hell%20with.

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