Usually means: Rebellious, troublesome person or child.
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  1. hellion: Merriam-Webster
  2. hellion: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. hellion: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. hellion: Collins English Dictionary
  5. hellion: Vocabulary.com
  6. Hellion, hellion: Wordnik
  7. hellion: Wiktionary
  8. hellion: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. hellion: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. hellion: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. hellion: Dictionary.com
  12. hellion: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. Hellion (Marvel Comics), Hellion (band), Hellion (film), Hellion (video game), Hellion: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. hellion: Rhymezone
  15. hellion: FreeDictionary.org
  16. hellion: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. hellion: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. hellion: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. hellion: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (hellion)

▸ noun:  An unruly, rowdy or mischievous person.
▸ noun:  An evil person.
▸ noun:  The larva of the dobsonfly.
▸ adjective:  Cursed, ill-fated.

Similar:
Devil, heller, hooligan, hell-raiser, hellhound, hallion, hellraiser, heel, hellcat, renegade, more...

Opposite:
angel, saint, well-behaved, obedient

Adjectives:
little, young, old, real, such, regular, silky, haired, smooth, wild, perfect

Colors:
    fiery red,     midnight blue,     molten gold, more...


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Similar:
Devil, heller, hooligan, hell-raiser, hellhound, hallion, hellraiser, heel, hellcat, renegade, more...

Opposite:
angel, saint, well-behaved, obedient

Adjectives:
little, young, old, real, such, regular, silky, haired, smooth, wild, perfect

Colors:
    fiery red,     midnight blue,     molten gold, more...



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