Hellfire

Alternative forms

Sometimes capitalized, hyphenated, or both: Hellfire, hell-fire, Hell-fire

Origin

hell + fire

Full definition of hellfire

Noun

hellfire

(countable and uncountable; plural hellfires)

(uncountable) the fire of Hell
(uncountable) fire produced by the Devil, or a similar supernatural creature connected to Hell
(countable) a fire that burns with unusual heat or ferocity