as in dump
a dirty or messy place
his first apartment was a hellhole in an unsafe neighborhood
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Recent Examples of hellhole
Because that once promising social media public square has, instead, turned into a social media public hellhole.
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Michael Schneider, Variety, 16 Jan. 2025
Armstrong thinking Vegas is a total hellhole of a city hasn’t stopped him from showing up for the Green Day fans there.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 30 Sep. 2024
The 11-foot-tall bronze sculpture of the hero of a 1987 movie that made Detroit look like a flaming hellhole is on its back in a building somewhere within the 24-acre footprint of Eastern Market.
—Neal Rubin, Detroit Free Press, 11 July 2024
Well, because the woke Democrats, like AOC and Alvin Bragg, have made NYC a hellhole.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 25 Mar. 2024
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Michael Schneider, Variety, 16 Jan. 2025
Armstrong thinking Vegas is a total hellhole of a city hasn’t stopped him from showing up for the Green Day fans there.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 30 Sep. 2024
The 11-foot-tall bronze sculpture of the hero of a 1987 movie that made Detroit look like a flaming hellhole is on its back in a building somewhere within the 24-acre footprint of Eastern Market.
—Neal Rubin, Detroit Free Press, 11 July 2024
Well, because the woke Democrats, like AOC and Alvin Bragg, have made NYC a hellhole.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 25 Mar. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hellhole
Noun
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Just four years later, Howard found himself being traded away in a salary dump.—
Tim Bontemps,
chicagotribune.com,
21 June 2017
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New York City is gradually transforming its largest trash dump, Fresh Kills on Staten Island, into a vast expanse of parkland and restored natural areas.—
Andres Viglucci,
miamiherald,
15 June 2017
Noun
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The mascara dries quickly, and there’s no mess or smudging.—
Jacquelyn Smith,
Parents,
3 Apr. 2025
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Rule out any mess conundrums with this silver scalloped crumb catcher.—
Hayley Bloomingdale,
Vogue,
2 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Better yet, seal up holes in your house to prevent the mice from entering to begin with and store food in rodent proof (preferably glass or metal) containers.—
Judy Stone,
Forbes.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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Audi can make your 2010s niche racing dreams come true, in other words, which is probably a better way to spend the money burning a hole in your pocket than buying yet another supercar that will sit in a garage to be admired.—
Erik Shilling,
Robb Report,
7 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Regard your property as an investment in a pigsty, and visitors will treat it thus.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
3 Apr. 2025
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And the ungrateful pig got a solid slap from the pigsty owners.—
Newsweek,
Newsweek,
1 Mar. 2025
Noun
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No pigpen-cleanup required!—
Perri Ormont Blumberg,
Southern Living,
12 Mar. 2021
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If the Hogs couldn’t win the day in their pigpen, with Bryce Young sidelined since the second quarter with a sprained shoulder, after scoring 23 straight points in the midst of a rare, extended Alabama meltdown, will this ridiculous streak ever end?—
Kevin Scarbinsky | Special to AL.com,
al,
2 Oct. 2022
Noun
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Vance's office announced the trip on Sunday, describing it as one dedicated to learning about Greenlandic culture with stops at historical sties and its national dogsled race.—
Alexandra Hutzler,
ABC News,
24 Mar. 2025
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The designation will bring international recognition to the sties, which aren’t well known even to many Ohioans.—
Susan Glaser,
cleveland,
19 Sep. 2023
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“Hellhole.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hellhole. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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