as in dump
a dirty or messy place
his first apartment was a hellhole in an unsafe neighborhood
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Recent Examples of hellhole
Armstrong thinking Vegas is a total hellhole of a city hasn’t stopped him from showing up for the Green Day fans there.
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Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 30 Sep. 2024
The basics remain the same: Four players take control of survivors attempting to escape a dingy hellhole, while a fifth takes the role of a roaming psychopath trying to kill them.
—Luke Winkie, Vulture, 1 Apr. 2025
She was immediately put on the next plane back to her Third World hellhole.
—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 19 Mar. 2025
No wonder the film nabbed so many Oscar nominations: Academy members are always going to want their cinematic Mexico to be a pitiable hellhole in need of salvation and a reminder to change its errant ways, a trope that goes back to the days of Manifest Destiny.
—Fidel Martinez, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2025
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Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 30 Sep. 2024
The basics remain the same: Four players take control of survivors attempting to escape a dingy hellhole, while a fifth takes the role of a roaming psychopath trying to kill them.
—Luke Winkie, Vulture, 1 Apr. 2025
She was immediately put on the next plane back to her Third World hellhole.
—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 19 Mar. 2025
No wonder the film nabbed so many Oscar nominations: Academy members are always going to want their cinematic Mexico to be a pitiable hellhole in need of salvation and a reminder to change its errant ways, a trope that goes back to the days of Manifest Destiny.
—Fidel Martinez, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hellhole
Noun
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Just four years later, Howard found himself being traded away in a salary dump.—
Tim Bontemps,
chicagotribune.com,
21 June 2017
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New York City is gradually transforming its largest trash dump, Fresh Kills on Staten Island, into a vast expanse of parkland and restored natural areas.—
Andres Viglucci,
miamiherald,
15 June 2017
Noun
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Any white bedding is a risk for spills or any other mess tracked into the bedroom by pets.—
Jacqueline Tempera,
Better Homes & Gardens,
12 Aug. 2025
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The timing of the sale brings a bookend to the decade that Shari Redstone spent cleaning up the very big mess made by her father in his waning years at the helm of his Viacom empire.—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
10 Aug. 2025
Noun
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With just 18 holes remaining, Ludvig Aberg and Harry Hall round out the top five at 8-under.—
Julio Cesar Valdera Morales,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Aug. 2025
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One Netherlands international, according to the police, allowed his Porsche to be used by criminals and the car ended up riddled with bullet holes.—
Daniel Taylor,
New York Times,
17 Aug. 2025
Noun
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De Wet claims Olivier then ordered him to dispose of their bodies in a pigsty — an act prosecutors believe was meant to destroy evidence.—
Christina Coulter,
People.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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Regard your property as an investment in a pigsty, and visitors will treat it thus.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
3 Apr. 2025
Noun
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No pigpen-cleanup required!—
Perri Ormont Blumberg,
Southern Living,
12 Mar. 2021
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If the Hogs couldn’t win the day in their pigpen, with Bryce Young sidelined since the second quarter with a sprained shoulder, after scoring 23 straight points in the midst of a rare, extended Alabama meltdown, will this ridiculous streak ever end?—
Kevin Scarbinsky | Special to AL.com,
al,
2 Oct. 2022
Noun
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For patients with eyelid infections, this buildup is a common cause of dryness, itchiness, eyelash loss and even recurrent sties.—
Kameryn Griesser,
CNN Money,
30 May 2025
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Vance's office announced the trip on Sunday, describing it as one dedicated to learning about Greenlandic culture with stops at historical sties and its national dogsled race.—
Alexandra Hutzler,
ABC News,
24 Mar. 2025
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“Hellhole.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hellhole. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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