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brimstone
[ brim-stohn ]
brimstone
/ ˈbrɪmˌstəʊn /
noun
- an obsolete name for sulphur
- a common yellow butterfly, Gonepteryx rhamni , of N temperate regions of the Old World: family Pieridae
- archaic.a scolding nagging woman; virago
Other Words From
- brimstony adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of brimstone1
Word History and Origins
Origin of brimstone1
Example Sentences
I was used to the fire and brimstone rhetoric at this point, but the idea that you could be “out of your mind” was new to me.
Some lawmakers were more hellfire-and-brimstone than others.
From Cyrus on, however, it was all, to borrow another Biblical allusion, fire and brimstone.
Creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss brought the fire and brimstone this season, and for this, deserve the shiny hardware.
Mrs. Lincoln, who is a bit of a Bible-thumper, is strongly depicted in the film instead as a fire-and-brimstone conservative.
Having never played a villain before, DiCaprio relishes in the opportunity, spewing fire and brimstone.
They used to declare that every unbaptised baby would go to Hell and burn for ever in fire and brimstone.
Ain't got used to brimstone yet, but I'd trade mosquitoes for sulphur smoke and give some boot.
Let equal portions of salt and slaked lime be in one; salt and wood ashes in another; and salt and brimstone in a third.
Heave ahead, my lads,” cried the slave captain; “and below there, get those brimstone-pans going at once.
Those devils there emptying cargoes of lost souls into the brimstone pits,—surely they could not be men!
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