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
First, from where in the heck did all the attorney billboard signs spring forth?
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Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Mar. 2026
If that comes to fruition, the league is in for one heck of a series.
—Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 26 Mar. 2026
There’s a corner right in his face trying to jam the heck out of him, and there’s a safety over the top.
—Bruce Feldman, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2026
Netflix was producing its first ever baseball game, trying to create a legacy that extended beyond Grandpa wondering how the heck to watch the game.
—Sports Columnist, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Mar. 2026
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Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Mar. 2026
If that comes to fruition, the league is in for one heck of a series.
—Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 26 Mar. 2026
There’s a corner right in his face trying to jam the heck out of him, and there’s a safety over the top.
—Bruce Feldman, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2026
Netflix was producing its first ever baseball game, trying to create a legacy that extended beyond Grandpa wondering how the heck to watch the game.
—Sports Columnist, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for heck
Noun
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In Catholic theology, purgatory is the in-between—not heaven, not hell, but a passage of purification before something better.—
Geoff Curtis,
Fortune,
6 Apr. 2026
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But the president needs a strategy, and the strategy is not just bomb the living hell or bomb Iran to the Stone Ages.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
5 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The aim is for Abdul to cause havoc in the United States, the West Bank and Iran.—
Oline H. Cogdill,
Sun Sentinel,
7 Apr. 2026
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In the twentieth century, the same storms that made headlines in New York wreaked quieter havoc across the river.—
Eric Klinenberg,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Small improvements compound over the course of the day — picking up a mess here, choosing the healthier option there.—
Tarot.com,
New York Daily News,
8 Apr. 2026
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The way the changing room was designed, Mitchell had to run through the galley-style showers to wash the mess off.—
Jordan Campbell,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Arches and natural bridges sweep like buttresses from jumbles of rock, giving this landscape a mystical, cathedral-like quality.—
Madison Chapman,
Outside,
25 Mar. 2026
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Macaroons are chewy jumbles of coconut bound together with egg whites and sweetened condensed milk.—
Lynda Balslev,
Mercury News,
10 Feb. 2026
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“Heck.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heck. Accessed 14 Apr. 2026.
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