Word:
Gehenna
Status:
Noun
Meaning:
A place or state of misery: hell
Sentences:
1) Her depression is a Gehenna from which she may never be released.
2) In his sermons, the evangelist warned the assembly that those, who fail to repent, will face the fires of Gehenna.
Origin:
From Hebrew Gē Hinnom, literally valley of Hinnom.
First use:
1534
Synonyms:
agony, hell, horror, misery, murder, nightmare, torture, torment
Antonyms:
heaven, paradise
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