as in horrible
of, resembling, or befitting hell
We've been having hellish weather lately. The battlefield was a hellish scene of death and destruction.
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Recent Examples of hellish
Without it, the film would be even more hellish.
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Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
20 May 2026
But that doesn’t make watching Her Private Hell any less hellish.
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Jordan Mintzer,
HollywoodReporter,
19 May 2026
Fueled by fentanyl and a new, psychosis-inducing form of methamphetamine, street homelessness is no longer confined to the 50 hellish blocks of Skid Row in downtown Los Angeles.
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Meghan Daum,
The Atlantic,
15 May 2026
One tweet features an AI cover of a fake Slayr album called BURGERMAN that imagines him as a half-burger, half-human hybrid engulfed in a hellish flood of grease and cheese splatter.
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Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
8 May 2026
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Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
20 May 2026
But that doesn’t make watching Her Private Hell any less hellish.
—
Jordan Mintzer,
HollywoodReporter,
19 May 2026
Fueled by fentanyl and a new, psychosis-inducing form of methamphetamine, street homelessness is no longer confined to the 50 hellish blocks of Skid Row in downtown Los Angeles.
—
Meghan Daum,
The Atlantic,
15 May 2026
One tweet features an AI cover of a fake Slayr album called BURGERMAN that imagines him as a half-burger, half-human hybrid engulfed in a hellish flood of grease and cheese splatter.
—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
8 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hellish
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Iran’s terrible, horrible, no good, very bad World Cup got a lot better Sunday.
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What started as a horrible mistake ended up bringing the community together.
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Messi shook off his awful spot kick to deliver another match-winning masterclass against Austria and become the competition’s all-time top scorer in the process.
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But the Windows handheld software experience on the Claw is just awful compared to the straightforwardness of SteamOS on the Steam Deck.
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Some of the best scenes happen near the end when Maddie’s dreadful, piece-of-work mom (played to the nines by Kristen Johnston) sallies her way in to create more family dysfunction in her wake.
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The right pieces, however, can truly make getting dressed in the heat feel effortless and not so dreadful.
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Everyone's favorite hideous ogre and delusional donkey are finally reunited.
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This is a hideous colour, the sort that shouldn’t be seen anywhere other than on someone helping kids cross the road near a school.
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Toxic fumes are leaking into airplanes and sickening passengers and crew members at an alarming rate, according to a September 2025 report by The Wall Street Journal.
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The concept of this many women vying for West is somewhat sickening to me.
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Deidre Hall delivered her most shocking slap yet on live TV on June 19.
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Ahead of the episode, Raba spoke to the Star-Telegram about his journey playing this character and what’s next for Joaquin after the shocking reveal.
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“Hellish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hellish. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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