Evil
Hellish
Hellish adjective - Extremely evil or cruel; expressive of cruelty or befitting hell.
Usage example: hellish torture
Evil is a synonym for hellish in character trait topic. You can use "Evil" instead an adjective "Hellish", if it concerns topics such as devilish, diabolical.
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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He runs a hellish planet dedicated to this with all his lieutenants being other evil gods.
Source: God Is Evil -
The aptly-named Ghostwood Forest around the town of Twin Peaks, which contains a portal to the hellish Black Lodge, and is creeping with vaguely-defined evil and terrifying demonic owls.
Source: Don't Go in the Woods -
In Legend of the Five Rings, the Shadowlands is a vast wasteland infected with the evil of the hellish realm of Jigoku.
Source: The Corruption
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