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
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.
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Sports Columnist, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Mar. 2026
Even dour Eva is a coffee addict and a heck of a karaoke singer.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2026
That’s a heck of a lot more real estate than Donald Duck is afforded in the book, what with his single mention.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 18 Mar. 2026
This buttery-soft, stretchy-as-heck matching set reminds me a lot of pricier Skims options, which drew me in right away.
—Annie Blackman, InStyle, 16 Mar. 2026
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Sports Columnist, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Mar. 2026
Even dour Eva is a coffee addict and a heck of a karaoke singer.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2026
That’s a heck of a lot more real estate than Donald Duck is afforded in the book, what with his single mention.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 18 Mar. 2026
This buttery-soft, stretchy-as-heck matching set reminds me a lot of pricier Skims options, which drew me in right away.
—Annie Blackman, InStyle, 16 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for heck
Noun
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And as any sci-fi or fantasy fan knows, prophecies can be hell.—
Chris McMullen,
Space.com,
24 Mar. 2026
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Thank you to everyone who stood up, raised hell and demanded justice.—
Seema Mehta,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Working low to high, causing havoc on the forecheck, getting pucks back.—
Corey Masisak,
Denver Post,
21 Mar. 2026
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Wild extremes of temperature, a heat dome, a potent bomb cyclone blizzard, epic rainfalls and violent tornadoes have wreaked weather havoc across the nation.—
Doyle Rice,
USA Today,
17 Mar. 2026
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As history has proved, titans of industry often share a regrettable tendency to make a lot of money from leveraging enthusiasm and then leaving others to clean up the mess when the markets implode.—
Culture Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Mar. 2026
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When asked what could be done to make life easier on modern consumers when a surplus of media rights deals are making a mess of the viewing experience, McMahon didn’t have any suggestions.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
26 Mar. 2026
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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 31 Mar. 2026.
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