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hellion
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun hellion has 1 sense
- hellion(n = noun.person) devil, heller - a rowdy or mischievous person (usually a young man); "he chased the young hellions out of his yard" is a kind of bad hat, mischief-maker, trouble maker, troublemaker, troubler
OXFORD DICTIONARY
hellion, n. US colloq. a mischievous or troublesome person, esp. a child.
Etymology
perh. f. dial. hallion a worthless fellow, assim. to HELL
THESAURUS
hellion
Baba Yaga, Lilith, Mafioso, Young Turk, afreet, barghest, beast, beldam, berserk, berserker, bomber, bruiser, brute, cacodemon, daeva, demon, devil, dragon, dybbuk, evil genius, evil spirit, fiend, fiend from hell, fire-eater, firebrand, fury, genie, genius, ghoul, goon, gorilla, gun, gunsel, gyre, hardnose, hatchet man, hell-raiser, hellcat, hellhound, holy terror, hood, hoodlum, hooligan, hothead, hotspur, incendiary, incubus, jinni, jinniyeh, killer, lamia, mad dog, madcap, monster, mug, mugger, muscle man, plug-ugly, rakshasa, rapist, revolutionary, rodman, roughneck, satan, savage, she-wolf, shedu, spitfire, strong-arm man, succubus, termagant, terror, terrorist, the undead, tiger, tigress, torpedo, tough, tough guy, trigger man, ugly customer, vampire, violent, virago, vixen, wild beast, witch, wolf, yogini
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