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View synonyms for hellion

hellion

[ hel-yuhn ]

noun

, Informal.
  1. a disorderly, troublesome, rowdy, or mischievous person.


hellion

/ ˈhɛljən /

noun

  1. informal.
    a rough or rowdy person, esp a child; troublemaker Also calledheller
“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
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Word History and Origins

Origin of hellion1

1835–45, Americanism; hell + -ion, as in scullion, rapscallion
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Word History and Origins

Origin of hellion1

C19: probably from dialect hallion rogue, of unknown origin
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Example Sentences

Like a patient dad, McCarthy is trying to calm the little hellions, but it is unclear what he can do to make them happy.

As we’re about to learn, David is more than a heel, he’s a hellion, and what begins as the story of a stalking skids rapidly into depravity and humiliation.

“There could have been no more perfect beginning to L.Q. Jones’s career in the movies. The word that best sums up his overriding screen persona is hellion.”

“They literally raised three girls to be absolute hellions. And we didn’t know and I literally didn’t know that wasn’t possible.”

A little hellion, according to her own description, she was not adopted even after her picture and profile were featured as a child needing a forever home in The Seattle Times.

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