Hell and Misfortune

Hell

Hell noun - A situation or state that causes great suffering and unhappiness.

Usage example: picking cotton under the hot summer sun was hell

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Misfortune and hell are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Misfortune" instead a noun "Hell".

Nearby Words: hellish, hellion

Misfortune noun - Bad luck or an example of this.

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Hell and misfortune are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Hell" instead a noun "Misfortune".

good	good hell	good misfortune
particular	particular hell	particular misfortune
utter	utter hell	utter misfortune
endless	endless hell	endless misfortune
Other adjectives: sheer, actual, constant, big, terrible, early, general, possible, eternal, hilarious, aforementioned.

On others she is such a target for misfortune that even Straight Men like Lois and Brian feel the need to directly make her life hell.

Source: Depending on the Writer
Star City has gone to hell following Justice League: Cry for Justice, as it had the misfortune of occurring so close to the Blackest Night.

Source: Franchise / The DCU
Or for the sheer hell of it, with science and medicine as a thinly veiled excuse, as was evidenced by those prisoners who had the misfortune to have to work for Josef Mengele.

Source: Those Wacky Nazis

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