1
as in nightmares
a situation or state that causes great suffering and unhappiness
picking cotton under the hot summer sun was hell
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2
as in confusions
a state in which everything is out of order
all hell broke loose when the jury's verdict was announced
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Recent Examples of hells
The protagonist's youth doesn't defang the story, as Silent Hill f wastes no time thrusting Hinako and her friends into their personal hells.
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Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 23 Sep. 2025
All’s well that metal-as-hells well.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 27 Aug. 2025
Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 23 Sep. 2025
All’s well that metal-as-hells well.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 27 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hells
Noun
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This film is truly the stuff of teen-outcast nightmares.—
Emma Specter,
Vogue,
19 Oct. 2025
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Extreme fatigue that turned mornings into catatonic nightmares.—
Eli Cahan,
Rolling Stone,
16 Oct. 2025
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Before the Lost Weekend, John and Yoko had their New York Year — turning their personal confusions into beautifully vivid moments of rage and pain.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
14 Oct. 2025
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The horrors can impact humans, animals and Earth are on full display at Fright for Future.—
Abby Hamblin,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Oct. 2025
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The horrors of Gaza, at least for now, have been paused.—
Faisal J. Abbas,
semafor.com,
16 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Roll Out Cookie and Pie Dough Prevent major countertop messes by rolling out your cookie dough or pie crust onto a sheet of parchment.—
Lauren Wicks,
Southern Living,
19 Oct. 2025
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The suction is powerful enough to handle everyday messes, and the anti-tangle technology helps remove all the pet hair.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
9 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Ray’s most chaotic photograms—jumbles that push out of the frame or look like time bombs ready to explode—find echoes in his films, projected on the back walls, a show in themselves.—
Vince Aletti,
New Yorker,
3 Oct. 2025
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Falling support in Gaza Palestinian public pressure on Hamas has risen as the miseries of war have mounted.—
Mkhaimar Abusada,
The Conversation,
5 Oct. 2025
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But current virus variants continue to spread burning throats, fevers and other miseries.—
Grant Stringer,
Mercury News,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Former Jews deemed insufficiently converted faced the Spanish Inquisition’s tortures.—
David Bloom,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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Who could possibly top the diary of havoc written in Santa Clara?—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
18 Oct. 2025
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There, the Brewers’ havoc seemed to start.—
Fabian Ardaya,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
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“Hells.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hells. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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