fire-and-brimstone

[ fahyuhr-uhn-brim-stohn ]

adjective

1. threatening punishment in the hereafter:

   a fire-and-brimstone sermon.

fire-and-brimstone

adjective

1. (of a sermon, preacher, etc) zealous, esp in threatening eternal damnation

Word History and Origins

Origin of fire-and-brimstone¹

First recorded in 1795–1805

Example Sentences

One speaker, while displaying an image of Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, screamed, with true fire-and-brimstone energy, “I prophesy they’re going to jail!”

From Slate

Emerson’s sermons are not all fire-and-brimstone.

From Seattle Times

Emerson’s sermons are not all fire-and-brimstone.

From Seattle Times

A kind of fire-and-brimstone sitcom with a tone somewhere between the gloomy wit of “Bojack Horseman” and the wry, whimsical misanthropy of “Don’t Trust the B____ in Apartment 23,” the series is both dark and cheerful, thrumming with upbeat verve while also tackling turbulent issues.

From New York Times

The pattern is so obvious that Republicans who were previously fire-and-brimstone abortion opponents are now curiously mum.

From Slate