{ "Gehenna":{ "antonyms":[ "heaven", "paradise" ], "definitions":{ ": a place or state of misery":[], ": hell sense 1a(2)":[] }, "examples":[ "the depression that has enshrouded her since the death of her husband is a Gehenna from which she may never be released", "in a fire-and-brimstone sermon, the evangelist warned those assembled that they faced the fires of Gehenna if they failed to repent" ], "first_known_use":{ "circa 1534, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "Late Latin, from Greek Geenna , from Hebrew G\u0113' Hinn\u014dm , literally, valley of Hinnom":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "gi-\u02c8he-n\u0259" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "agony", "hell", "horror", "misery", "murder", "nightmare", "torment", "torture" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-062531", "type":[ "noun" ] } }