Usually means: Person who creates or causes trouble.
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  1. hell-raiser: Merriam-Webster
  2. hell-raiser: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. hell-raiser: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. hell-raiser, hell-raiser: Collins English Dictionary
  5. hell-raiser: Wordnik
  6. hell-raiser: Wiktionary
  7. hell-raiser: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. hell-raiser: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. hell-raiser: Dictionary.com
  10. hell-raiser: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ noun:  Alternative form of hellraiser [A person who engages in wild, wanton behavior: one who raises hell.]

Similar:
evil-doer, hair raiser, thrill seeker, hellhole, scandaliser, mischiefmaker, trouble-maker, thrill-killer, hell-hole, hack and slasher, more...

Opposite:
angel, saint, well-behaved, good, virtuous



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Similar:
evil-doer, hair raiser, thrill seeker, hellhole, scandaliser, mischiefmaker, trouble-maker, thrill-killer, hell-hole, hack and slasher, more...

Opposite:
angel, saint, well-behaved, good, virtuous



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