hellscape
noun
hell·scape
ˈhel-ˌskāp 
plural hellscapes
: a hellish landscape : a harshly unpleasant place or environment
I blame growing up in Southern California—this did not prepare me for real winter, much less the frigid hellscape that is New York in January.—
Aliza Arbabanel
Aliza ArbabanelMeanwhile, it's heartbreaking to see Route 33, once called out by Jalopnik as "America's greatest driving road," reduced to this horrifying hellscape. And, of course, to think about all the nearby people and animals and communities being inundated with fire and smoke.—Andrew P. Collins
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The filmmaker’s take on body horror transplants the genre into the hellscape of high school, perhaps the only setting in which being outside of your own body would feel not welcome, but right.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 11 Mar. 2025
Each and everyone deserves their place in the ramshackle capitalistic hellscape captured so effectively by Scott Pask’s production design and Jen Schriever’s unforgiving old-school office lighting.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 31 Mar. 2025
Trapped in this hellscape was 14-year-old Mudaralla, an orphan.
—Salma Abdelaziz, CNN, 14 Mar. 2025
Hospitality’s future isn’t some Blade Runner mechanical hellscape.
—Michael Ashley, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
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Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 11 Mar. 2025
Each and everyone deserves their place in the ramshackle capitalistic hellscape captured so effectively by Scott Pask’s production design and Jen Schriever’s unforgiving old-school office lighting.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 31 Mar. 2025
Trapped in this hellscape was 14-year-old Mudaralla, an orphan.
—Salma Abdelaziz, CNN, 14 Mar. 2025
Hospitality’s future isn’t some Blade Runner mechanical hellscape.
—Michael Ashley, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for hellscape
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“Hellscape.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hellscape. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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