Perdition

Acceptable For Game Play - US & UK word lists

This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Loss of the soul; eternal damnation.
  • n. Hell: "Him the Almighty Power/Hurl'd headlong . . . /To bottomless perdition, there to dwell” ( John Milton).
  • n. Archaic Utter ruin.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Eternal damnation.
  • n. Hell.
  • n. Absolute ruin.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Entire loss; utter destruction; ruin; esp., the utter loss of the soul, or of final happiness in a future state; future misery or eternal death.
  • n. Loss of diminution.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Entire ruin; utter destruction.
  • n. The condition of the lost; the future state of the wicked; hell.
  • n. Loss or diminution.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. (Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Hyponym
    hellfire    Gehenna    Tartarus    red region   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    ruin    netherworld    inferno    abyss    hell   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    insolvency    damnation    destitution    undo    nothingness