SNAKE PIT Synonyms: 52 Similar and Opposite Words

snake pit

noun

Definition of snake pit

as in hell

a state in which everything is out of order finally managed to crawl out of the snake pit of her drug addiction

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Recent Examples of snake pit With the Broncos and Jets set to meet Sunday at Tottenham Hotspur, the second of three London games on this season’s schedule, there should be at least a tiny bit of trepidation that someone will slip into the snake pit and become the latest NFL personality to make a forgettable Brexit. — Michael Silver, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025 Inside the museum, visitors can climb into a snake pit, tour a collection of global oddities and attend expert presentations in the building's historic courtroom, per the event website. — Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 29 Aug. 2025 The series, which used to air on Fox and USA before pivoting to Netflix this year, takes four couples on rocky ground, splits them up, and puts them into a snake pit of singles whose only goal is to tempt. — Randall Colburn, EW.com, 19 Mar. 2025 The film is imbued with a satirical tone that portrays Argentinian society as being a snake pit of corruption and violence. — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 29 Aug. 2024 See All Example Sentences for snake pit

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Noun

The careerist has also made life hell for Erika and her family.

— David Fear, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2026
Time is running out for a Republican Party led astray by a president whose treacherous behavior mimics those assigned to the lowest level of Dante’s hell.

— Bob Kustra, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of hell

Noun

In the city of Hurricane in far southwestern Utah, a shipping container drifting down a street gave way Friday to a mess of mud and debris to be cleaned up as people who had evacuated earlier in the week returned home.

— MEAD GRUVER, Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2026
General manager Les Snead is also culpable for this mess of a season, trading for Myles Garrett, who has done absolutely zero for this team.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of mess

Noun

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
Macaroons are chewy jumbles of coconut bound together with egg whites and sweetened condensed milk.

— Lynda Balslev, Mercury News, 10 Feb. 2026

Definition of jumble

Noun

The chaos was a fitting end to one of the ugliest elections in recent years, said Paulo César de Oliveira in Correio da Manhã (Rio de Janeiro).

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 31 Oct. 2026
The judge also raised concerns the effort would disenfranchise eligible voters and create election chaos.

— Jude Joffe-Block, NPR, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of chaos

Noun

Adding to the confusion, a young female pilot has since been reported to have perished in the crash.

— James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 2 Nov. 2026
Mantovani, a Miami Beach resident who immigrated to the United States from Argentina as a child, said confusion about the electoral system and doubts about the impact of a single vote kept him from participating in previous elections.

— Sabrina Lozano, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of confusion

Noun

Lewy body dementia symptoms tend to start with rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder, such as screaming or kicking during sleep.

— Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2026
Patients diagnosed with all types of conditions and disorders are forced to endure all types of abuses.

— Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 30 Oct. 2026

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