Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Sulfur, especially considered as a component of the torments of hell in Christianity.
- noun Damnation to hell.
- noun Vehement or condemnatory rhetoric, especially rhetoric warning of the torments of hell for immoral behavior.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Sulphur; specifically, sulphur in a concrete or solidified state, or reduced from that state: as, roll-brimstone; fluid brimstone.
- noun The brimstone butterfly.
- Of, pertaining to, or made of brimstone: as, brimstone matches.
- Sulphur-yellow in color; resembling brimstone or sulphur in color; bright-yellow.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Sulphur; See
sulphur . - adjective Made of, or pertaining to, brimstone.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Composed of or resembling brimstone; about or pertaining to
Hell . - noun
Sulphur . - noun The
sulphur ofHell ;Hell ,damnation . - noun archaic Used attributively as an intensifier in exclamations.
- noun The
butterfly Gonepteryx rhamni of thePieridae family.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an old name for sulfur
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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(the word brimstone or sulphur explains the character of the fire).
Pulpit Pimps 2009
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(the word brimstone or sulphur explains the character of the fire).
Pulpit Pimps 2008
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This kind of fire and brimstone is usually reserved for authors who email attachments or mail CDs, things that show a lack of respect for the professional requirements of the magazine you’re submitting to.
Rebel Tales « 2009
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I think I'm allergic to brimstone, which is weird, 'cause there's a lot of it.
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By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.
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By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.
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By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.
Revelation 9. 1999
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But the fearful and unbelieving and the abominable and murderers and whoremongers and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, they shall have their portion in the pool burning with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete Anonymous
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But the fearful and unbelieving and the abominable and murderers and whoremongers and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, they shall have their portion in the pool burning with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete The Challoner Revision Anonymous
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Some people fancied the smell of the pitch and tar, and such other things as oil and rosin and brimstone, which is so much used by all trades relating to shipping, would preserve them.
A Journal Of The Plague Year Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731 1935
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