Hades

[ hey-deez ]

/ ˈheɪ diz /

SEE SYNONYMS FOR Hades ON THESAURUS.COM

noun

Classical Mythology.

the underworld inhabited by departed souls.
the god ruling the underworld; Pluto.

(in the Revised Version of the New Testament) the abode or state of the dead.

(often lowercase) hell.

Origin of Hades

First recorded in 1590–1600

OTHER WORDS FROM Hades

Ha·de·an

[hey-dee-uhn, hey-dee-uhn], /heɪˈdi ən, ˈheɪ di ən/, adjective

Words nearby Hades

hade, Hadean Time, hadedah, Haden, had enough, Hades, Hadfield, Hadhramaut, had it, hadith, had its day, has

Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020

Example sentences from the Web for Hades

On one level “The Zone of Interest” is a love story set in the heart of Hades.
How Hitch & Amis Discovered Evil In My House|Peter Foges|September 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Persephone snacked on pomegranate seeds in Hades and now our gas bills rocket in January.
Run with the Devil Unlike the Girl in Kentucky|Candida Moss|November 10, 2013|DAILY BEAST
A modern steamship might have borne Ulysses to Hades,—but it would never have brought him back, as his own ship did.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 4, No. 23, September, 1859|Various
I have a chance to finish the first part of my book to-day, and save myself from Hades; and here I am writing to you—just a line.
Love's Pilgrimage|Upton Sinclair

The soldier seemed asleep, and Edward slept too, weary enough to have slept in Hades.
The Long Roll|Mary Johnston
To assuage the grief of the sorrowing mother Hades agreed to give her back to Earth for half the year.
The Christ|John Eleazer Remsburg
We will lay the bones in a golden urn, in two layers of fat, against the time when I shall myself go down into the house of Hades.
The Iliad|Homer

British Dictionary definitions for Hades

Hades

/ (ˈheɪdiːz) /

noun

Greek myth

the underworld abode of the souls of the dead
Pluto, the god of the underworld, brother of Zeus and husband of Persephone

New Testament the abode or state of the dead

(often not capital) informal hell

Derived forms of Hades

Hadean (heɪˈdiːən, ˈheɪdɪən), adjective

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Cultural definitions for Hades

Hades

[Roman name Pluto]

The Greek and Roman god of the underworld and the ruler of the dead. Also called Dis. The underworld itself was also known to the Greeks as Hades.

notes for Hades

The Greek and Roman underworld later became associated with the hell of Christianity, as in the expression “hot as Hades.”

单词	hades
释义	Hades [ hey-deez ] / ˈheɪ diz / SEE SYNONYMS FOR Hades ON THESAURUS.COM noun Classical Mythology. the underworld inhabited by departed souls. the god ruling the underworld; Pluto. (in the Revised Version of the New Testament) the abode or state of the dead. (often lowercase) hell. Origin of Hades First recorded in 1590–1600 OTHER WORDS FROM Hades Ha·de·an [hey-dee-uhn, hey-dee-uhn], /heɪˈdi ən, ˈheɪ di ən/, adjective Words nearby Hades hade, Hadean Time, hadedah, Haden, had enough, Hades, Hadfield, Hadhramaut, had it, hadith, had its day, has Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for Hades On one level “The Zone of Interest” is a love story set in the heart of Hades. How Hitch & Amis Discovered Evil In My House\|Peter Foges\|September 28, 2014\|DAILY BEAST Persephone snacked on pomegranate seeds in Hades and now our gas bills rocket in January. Run with the Devil Unlike the Girl in Kentucky\|Candida Moss\|November 10, 2013\|DAILY BEAST A modern steamship might have borne Ulysses to Hades,—but it would never have brought him back, as his own ship did. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 4, No. 23, September, 1859\|Various I have a chance to finish the first part of my book to-day, and save myself from Hades; and here I am writing to you—just a line. Love's Pilgrimage\|Upton Sinclair The soldier seemed asleep, and Edward slept too, weary enough to have slept in Hades. The Long Roll\|Mary Johnston To assuage the grief of the sorrowing mother Hades agreed to give her back to Earth for half the year. The Christ\|John Eleazer Remsburg We will lay the bones in a golden urn, in two layers of fat, against the time when I shall myself go down into the house of Hades. The Iliad\|Homer British Dictionary definitions for Hades Hades / (ˈheɪdiːz) / noun Greek myth the underworld abode of the souls of the dead Pluto, the god of the underworld, brother of Zeus and husband of Persephone New Testament the abode or state of the dead (often not capital) informal hell Derived forms of Hades Hadean (heɪˈdiːən, ˈheɪdɪən), adjective Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Cultural definitions for Hades Hades [Roman name Pluto] The Greek and Roman god of the underworld and the ruler of the dead. Also called Dis. The underworld itself was also known to the Greeks as Hades. notes for Hades The Greek and Roman underworld later became associated with the hell of Christianity, as in the expression “hot as Hades.” The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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