# hells

Pronunciation: say "HELZ" /hɛlz/

## Noun

1. Plural of hell. — plural of hell
   - Simple: Plural of hell. Use this form when talking about more than one such place.
   - _Ancient cosmologies often imagined multiple hells stacked beneath the surface of the earth._
   - _The poet wove together the hells of several traditions into a single nightmarish realm._

## Interjection

2. A coarse exclamation of anger, frustration, or surprise; an emphatic variant of the interjection "hell." *(colloquial)*
   - Simple: A rough word people shout when they are angry, upset, or surprised.
   - _Hells, they've raised the rent on the apartment again this year._
   - _Hells, who left the front gate wide open in this storm?_

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