brimstone

Speech parts

1. brimstone - Noun

2. brimstone - Adjective

3. brimstone - Verb

Meaning

Sulphur; See Sulphur.

Made of, or pertaining to, brimstone; as, brimstone matches.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

native sulfur native sulphur quartz siemens coke tinder graphite mica mineral butterfly calcite alabaster sulphur bauxite fluorite

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Antonyms

still

Hypernyms

sulphur sulfur s atomic number 16

Phrases with the word

brimstone butterfly vegetable brimstone brimstone flower brimstone match

Anagrams

strombine

Examples

From his brimstone bed, at break of day, A-walking the Devil is gone, To look at his little, snug farm of the World, And see how his stock went on. Robert Southey

So I departed, leaving behind a pungent smell of brimstone. Just something to remember me by. Jonathan Stroud

The eating of burning brimstone is an entirely fake performance. Harry Houdini

It never looked as terrible as it was and it made her wonder if hell was a pretty place too. Fire and brimstone all right, but hidden in lacy groves. Toni Morrison

...but every lyar Must have his portion in the lake That burns with brimstone and with fire. Isaac Watts

Oh Lord! If you but knew what a brimstone of a creature I am behind all this beautiful amiability! Jane Welsh Carlyle

Close letter words and terms

Brimscombe and Thrupp Brimsdown Brimson brimstone butterfly brimstone flower brimstone match