hell house

hɛl haʊs

Definition

Definition of hell house - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

chaotic place

place with extreme chaos or unpleasantness

After the party, the house looked like a hell house.

entertainment

Rare

haunted house attraction showing hell's torments

Rare

We visited a hell house during Halloween.

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Expressions with hell

hell raising

causing trouble for fun or excitement

The teenagers were known for their hell raising at parties.

living hell

state or place of extreme suffering or torment

After the accident, his life became a living hell.

catch hell

receive severe criticism or punishment

He will catch hell for missing the meeting.

flipping hell

intj.

shows anger or irritation at someone or something

Flipping hell, why won't this work!

it was hell

exp.

it was extremely painful, hard, or unpleasant

The recovery after surgery was hell.

that was hell

exp.

that experience was extremely painful, hard, or awful

After the stormy flight, that was hell.

Expressions with house

brick house

house made of bricks or masonry

They live in a sturdy brick house.

clean house

thoroughly clean one's living quarters

Every spring, we clean house to keep things fresh and tidy.

dream house

ideal home one desires to live in

She finally bought her dream house by the beach.

full house

all seats in a theater or venue are occupied

The play was a success, evidenced by a full house every night..

big as a house

adj.

extremely large in size or amount

The new sofa is big as a house and takes up the whole room.

house of cards

structure made by stacking playing cards

He built a house of cards on the table.

in the house

adv.

inside a building or home

The cat is in the house.

animal house

place where people act wild or out of control

That place is an animal house on weekends.

house on fire

adv.

in a very successful or effective way

The project took off like a house on fire.

set up house

start living in a new home

They decided to set up house in the countryside.

Examples of hell house in a sentence

Living next to a construction site felt like being in a hell house.
The church organized a hell house to scare the visitors.
A hell house was set up in the community center.

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French:enfer sur terre, maison de l'horreur, ...
German:Chaosort, Horrorhaus, ...
Italian:casa infernale, casa dell'orrore, ...
Spanish:infierno viviente, casa del terror, ...
Portuguese:casa infernal, casa do inferno, ...
Chinese:混乱不堪的地方, 地狱屋, ...
Japanese:混沌とした場所, 地獄の家, ...
Arabic:بَيْتُ جَحِيمٍ, مَنْزِل الجَحيم, ...
Hebrew:בֵּית גֵּיהִינוֹם, בֵּית אֵימָה, ...
Russian:дом ужасов, аттракцион ужасов, ...
Ukrainian:хаосний будинок, будинок жахів, ...
Hindi:अराजक स्थान, हेल हाउस, ...
Bengali:অরাজক বাড়ি, ভূতুড়ে বাড়ি, ...
Catalan:casa del caos, casa de l'infern, ...
Czech:hotová spoušť, pekelně tematizovaný strašidelný dům, ...
Danish:kaotisk hus, spøgelseshus, ...
Dutch:chaotisch huis, spookhuis, ...
Greek:σπίτι του χάους, στοιχειωμένο σπίτι, ...
Hungarian:felfordulás, pokol kínjait bemutató kísértetházi látványosság, ...
Khmer:កន្លែងដែលរញ៉េរញ៉ៃ និងមិនគួរឱ្យរស់នៅខ្លាំង, ផ្ទះខ្មោចសម្រាប់កម្សាន្តដែលបង្ហាញទារុណកម្មក្នុងនរក, ...
Korean:지옥 같은 집, 지옥의 집, ...
Persian:خانه جهنمی, خانه وحشت, ...
Polish:piekielny dom, dom strachów, ...
Portuguese (BR):casa infernal, casa do terror, ...
Romanian:casă haotică, casă bântuită, ...
Swedish:kaos, spökhus, ...
Thai:บ้านนรก, บ้านผีสิง, ...
Turkish:cehennem evi, korku evi, ...
Vietnamese:nhà hỗn loạn, ngôi nhà địa ngục, ...

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