hellhole
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hell·hole

noun \ˈhel-ˌhōl\

Definition of HELLHOLE

: a place of extreme misery or squalor

Examples of HELLHOLE

  1. The factory is a hellhole.
  2. <his first apartment was a hellhole in an unsafe neighborhood>

First Known Use of HELLHOLE

1866

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