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
The desert city, oasis or hellhole or both, can’t help but bounce back.
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Gary Baum, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Jan. 2025
Because that once promising social media public square has, instead, turned into a social media public hellhole.
—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
Crimea and the Donbas are economic hellholes and huge drains on Russian resources.
—Alexander J. Motyl, Foreign Affairs, 27 Jan. 2016
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Gary Baum, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Jan. 2025
Because that once promising social media public square has, instead, turned into a social media public hellhole.
—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
Crimea and the Donbas are economic hellholes and huge drains on Russian resources.
—Alexander J. Motyl, Foreign Affairs, 27 Jan. 2016
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hellhole
Noun
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Far less fussy than making homemade caramel apples, but with all the same flavor, this dump cake is our go-to effortless fall dessert.—
Patricia S York,
Southern Living,
16 Sep. 2025
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Fourteen months after winning a landslide election victory, Starmer’s position at the helm of the Labour Party is fragile and his poll ratings are in the dumps.—
Jill Lawless,
Twin Cities,
16 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Other cuts start as pop songs before crashing into atonal messes and freak rock chaos.—
Jed Gottlieb,
Boston Herald,
13 Sep. 2025
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Vacmaster Portable Carpet Cleaner Utilizing 15 kilopascals of suction power, the cleaner shampoos carpeted and upholstered surfaces to break up tough messes.—
Maggie Horton,
PEOPLE,
12 Sep. 2025
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New York could use help across the board, but the infield and the pitching staff are likely the two biggest holes on the roster.—
Zach Pressnell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
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Such landscapes were once common in North America — both in the west (where prairie dog colonies provided an abundance of holes) and in Florida (where the owls generally dig their own).—
Cecilia Rodriguez,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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De Wet claims Olivier then ordered him to dispose of their bodies in a pigsty — an act prosecutors believe was meant to destroy evidence.—
Christina Coulter,
People.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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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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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
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Police came back the next day and found the boy's remains in the family's pigpen.—
Christine Pelisek,
Peoplemag,
12 Aug. 2022
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For patients with eyelid infections, this buildup is a common cause of dryness, itchiness, eyelash loss and even recurrent sties.—
Kameryn Griesser,
CNN Money,
30 May 2025
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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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“Hellhole.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hellhole. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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