hellishness

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hellishness
Noun
  • When Hedda and Eileen were wild together, Eileen’s drinking and carousing was a problem, but she’s put all that wickedness behind her, mostly thanks to the love of Thea Clifton (a delicate Imogen Poots), who has also just arrived at the mansion for the world’s worst party.
    Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Starring Tatiana Maslany and Rossif Sutherland, the two-minute clip teases a relationship on the brink, influenced by the unfolding wickedness around the couple.
    Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 18 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • That was really what helped me into the character and into her evilness.
    William Earl, Variety, 4 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The ugliness, the violence, the cruelty, the depravity, the lies.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Those who perceive this total control are prone to paranoia, leaving them mistrustful and lonely, while those who seek to profit from it are dragged into depravity.
    Kathryn Schulz, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • So was the enormity of all that was lost, an era that has ended.
    Charlotte Varnes, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Despite its enormity, the Peasants’ War and its bloody defeat have been forgotten in recent years.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 25 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • He was joined by Ali Abbas and Ali Ayyoub, two former ministers of defense facing sanctions for human rights violations and atrocities carried out during the conflict.
    Danny Makki, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Only instead of ignoring or burying this awful truth, Kai travels the world, speaking at synagogues and in Jewish community centers about his family’s dark past — and at high schools and colleges to ensure that the atrocities of Nazi Germany are never forgotten or sanitized.
    Johnny Dodd, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Automotive decadence doesn’t come cheap.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 7 Oct. 2025
  • They were recognized leaders of an artistic movement denigrated by Nazi leadership as Marxist-Jewish decadence.
    Christopher C. Gorham September 29, Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2025
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“Hellishness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hellishness. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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