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Hellish vs Shameful - What's the difference?

hellish | shameful | Related terms |

Hellish is a related term of shameful.


As adjectives the difference between hellish and shameful

is that hellish is causing pain, discomfort or distress while shameful is causing or meriting shame or disgrace; disgraceful.

hellish

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Causing pain, discomfort or distress.
    • I woke up from a hellish noise coming from the house next door.

    Synonyms

    * awful * horrible * terrible * nightmarish * infernal

    Antonyms

    * heavenly

    Related terms

    * see hell

    shameful

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • causing or meriting shame or disgrace; disgraceful
  • giving offense

    • Derived terms

    * shamefully * shamefulness