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Definition of "brimstone" []

  • Sulfur. (noun)
  • Damnation to hell. (noun)
  • Fiery or passionate rhetoric: "the great American evangelist of Yankee bargain-hunting, converting us . . . with the brimstone of his secular preaching” ( Rushworth M. Kidder). (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "brimstone" in a sentence
  • "(the word brimstone or sulphur explains the character of the fire)."
  • "This kind of fire and brimstone is usually reserved for authors who email attachments or mail CDs, things that show a lack of respect for the professional requirements of the magazine you’re submitting to."
  • "I think I'm allergic to brimstone, which is weird, 'cause there's a lot of it."