Hell and Sorrow

Hell

Hell noun - The place of punishment for the wicked after death.

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

Nearby Words: hellish, hellion

Sorrow noun - Deep sadness especially for the loss of someone or something loved.

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Hell and sorrow are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Hell" instead a noun "Sorrow".

pure	pure hell	pure sorrow
long	long hell	long sorrow
utter	utter hell	utter sorrow
endless	endless hell	endless sorrow
Other adjectives: sheer, real, constant, little, absolute, combined, eternal.

Hell, even Dawn of Sorrow has a mode where you can play Alucard and descendants of Trevor and Sypha.

Source: Video Game / Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse
Even when she knows she's about to die, she's almost suicidal from the loss of The Sorrow, but still gives Naked Snake one hell of a fight in the end.

Source: Determinator / Video Games
Not only this, but Cornish cat Pengelly mentions a (cat-adjusted) version of the rhyme that goes: "One's sorrow, two's mirth, three's a mating, four's a birth, five's a naming, six a dearth, seven's heaven, eight is hell, and nine's the devil, his own sel'".

Source: Magpies as Portents

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