1. directed toward or leading to hell; moving in the direction of damnation or ruin
Usage: literary; archaic

1. toward hell; in the direction of damnation or spiritual ruin
Usage: literary; archaic

Examples

• The preacher warned that a life of sin was a hellward path.
• His choices seemed to lead him hellward with each passing year.
• The novel depicted the character's hellward descent into madness.
• She spoke of the hellward trajectory of the fallen empire.
• The poet used hellward imagery to convey spiritual despair.