What does the word brimstone mean?

    Part of speech: noun

  • Sulfur.

Usage examples for brimstone

  1. Brimstone is not a remedy fit for a child's stomach. – Advice to a Mother on the Management of her Children by Pye Henry Chavasse
  2. He also smells the brimstone which begins to burn within him. – The Works of John Bunyan Volume 3 by John Bunyan
  3. Existence had resolved itself into a hazard; all perspective was merged into a brimstone- gray background. – The Last Shot by Frederick Palmer