Dictionary

raise hell en · VERB

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. (idiomatic) To cause a considerable disturbance.
   • A segment where several cast members in panda suits raise skateboarding hell in the streets of Tokyo. 2022, Marisol Cortez, “Ambivalent Anality: Revisiting the Queer Ecology of "the Jackass Moment"”, in Media+Environment:
   • Don't want to sleep yet, buddy it's a good bet I'll raise more hell than you. 2013, Jason Isbell, Super 8:
   • Near-synonyms: (disturb loudly) raise the dead, wake the dead
2. To complain vociferously (about a certain matter).
   • Local authorities, media and all other regional stakeholders need to wake up, step up, and (frankly) raise hell... before it's too late. 2022 February 9, Nigel Harris, “Comment: Mounting opposition to IRP”, in RAIL, number 950, page 3:

Forms

Relateds

rain hellfire · hellraiser

Synonyms

throw a fit · raise Cain · raise the devil · raise the devil · raise the dead · stir shit · give someone hell · raise the roof · reign hell · raise Cain · rain hell · wake the dead · raise hob · raise the roof · raise hob

Translations (8)

hu balhét csap (to cause a disturbance) · it fare il diavolo a quattro (to cause a disturbance) · fi alkaa riehua (to cause a disturbance) · ru будить лихо (to cause a disturbance) · hu balhézik (to cause a disturbance) · nv tsiʼhoołááł (to cause a disturbance) · hu bajt kever (to cause a disturbance) · hi क़हर ढाना (to cause a disturbance)