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fire-and-brimstone
[fahyuhr-uhn-brim-stohn]
adjective
threatening punishment in the hereafter.
a fire-and-brimstone sermon.
fire-and-brimstone
adjective
(of a sermon, preacher, etc) zealous, esp in threatening eternal damnation
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of fire-and-brimstone1
Example Sentences
From that point on, Dr Lee says, Lee dialled back on the controversial, fire-and-brimstone approach for which he had become notorious – opting instead to play it safe and keep a low profile.
Butker made headlines last summer for delivering a fire-and-brimstone commencement address at Benedictine College that many labeled misogynistic, antisemitic and homophobic.
One speaker, while displaying an image of Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, screamed, with true fire-and-brimstone energy, “I prophesy they’re going to jail!”
Emerson’s sermons are not all fire-and-brimstone.
A kind of fire-and-brimstone sitcom with a tone somewhere between the gloomy wit of “Bojack Horseman” and the wry, whimsical misanthropy of “Don’t Trust the B____ in Apartment 23,” the series is both dark and cheerful, thrumming with upbeat verve while also tackling turbulent issues.
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