hellhole

noun

hell·​hole ˈhel-ˌhōl 

: a place of extreme misery or squalor

Synonyms of hellhole

• dump
• mess
• hole
• pigsty
• shambles
• pigpen
• sty

Examples of hellhole in a Sentence

The factory is a hellhole.

his first apartment was a hellhole in an unsafe neighborhood

Recent Examples on the Web

The communists want to turn America into a Third World country, into a hellhole of crime and filth. — CBS News, 16 Aug. 2026

Newsom defended California against Republican attacks — and common mindsets throughout much of America — that the Golden State is a socialist hellhole of high taxes, unaffordable living and rampant crime. — George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2026

Max believes that the exit out of this hellhole will be in the memory of the moment Henry trapped your mind. — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 26 Dec. 2025

Glen Powell plays Ben Richards, an honest working man trying to hold his family together in a futuristic hellhole dystopia. — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 12 Nov. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1850, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for hellhole

• bankroll
• bedroll
• borehole
• cajole
• catchpole
• charcoal
• condole
• control
• dipole
• downhole
• enroll
• extol