Gehenna | Definition of Gehenna

Synonyms and Antonyms of Gehenna

1 a situation or state that causes great suffering and unhappiness

the depression that has enshrouded her since the death of her husband is a Gehenna from which she may never be released

Synonyms of Gehenna

agony, hell, horror, misery, murder, nightmare, torment, torture

Words Related to Gehenna

affliction, calvary, cross, curse, ordeal, trial, tribulation

calamity, misfortune, tragedy

bummer, downer, drag

Near Antonyms of Gehenna

delight, diversion, entertainment, fun, joy, pleasure, recreation

lark, picnic, riot

Antonyms of Gehenna

heaven, paradise

2 the place of punishment for the wicked after death

in a fire-and-brimstone sermon, the evangelist warned those assembled that they faced the fires of Gehenna if they failed to repent

Synonyms of Gehenna

hell, Pandemonium, perdition, Tophet

Words Related to Gehenna

blazes, inferno

hades, netherworld, shades, Tartarus, underworld

fire and brimstone, hellfire

Near Antonyms of Gehenna

glory, happy hunting ground, nirvana, promised land, Valhalla

Antonyms of Gehenna

bliss, elysian fields, Elysium, empyrean, heaven, kingdom come, New Jerusalem, paradise, sky, Zion (also Sion)