as in hell
a state in which everything is out of order
it looks like heck in that boy's bedroom
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Recent Examples of heck
Once the quartet hits the Amazon, of course, all heck breaks loose, leading to showdown between this motley crew and the ginormous anaconda (the CGI effects are good, not overdone).
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Randy Myers, Mercury News, 24 Dec. 2025
Lindsey had one heck of a game at Wrigley Field that crisp afternoon, throwing a career-high four touchdown passes.
—Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 24 Dec. 2025
The goal in both of these scenarios is to stimulate the heck out of your muscles.
—Julia Sullivan, Outside, 23 Dec. 2025
Indiana is a 7-point favorite against Alabama, which is a heck of a sentence to write.
—Dan Santaromita, New York Times, 21 Dec. 2025
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Randy Myers, Mercury News, 24 Dec. 2025
Lindsey had one heck of a game at Wrigley Field that crisp afternoon, throwing a career-high four touchdown passes.
—Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 24 Dec. 2025
The goal in both of these scenarios is to stimulate the heck out of your muscles.
—Julia Sullivan, Outside, 23 Dec. 2025
Indiana is a 7-point favorite against Alabama, which is a heck of a sentence to write.
—Dan Santaromita, New York Times, 21 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for heck
Noun
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They were doomed to perish in the fires of hell.—
Emily Blackwood,
PEOPLE,
10 Jan. 2026
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Shown with a gun in hand and looking disheveled, Creasy seems like he’s been through hell and back.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
7 Jan. 2026
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Max wreaks some more havoc after the excursion by gunning it on the tender while towing guests on the tube.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
13 Jan. 2026
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Police officers stationed downtown that night quickly apprehended Edgar amid the havoc of the crowd fleeing for their lives.—
Cristóbal Reyes,
The Orlando Sentinel,
8 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Rather than letting those items pile up in a cluttered mess, opt for a compact organizer with enough storage to hold all the essentials.—
Rachel Trujillo,
PEOPLE,
11 Jan. 2026
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And what a distraction from the mess he’s created!—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
11 Jan. 2026
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The result also spotlights conference championships’ awkward fit in the current system, particularly given the fact that conference expansion has led to jumbles atop each league’s standings.—
Jacob Feldman,
Sportico.com,
7 Dec. 2025
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Ray’s most chaotic photograms—jumbles that push out of the frame or look like time bombs ready to explode—find echoes in his films, projected on the back walls, a show in themselves.—
Vince Aletti,
New Yorker,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Heck.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heck. Accessed 15 Jan. 2026.
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