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 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.
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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
Critics will contend that a nation that fights only when vital interests are at stake will become oblivious to the suffering of those unfortunate people living in such hellholes as Syria.
—Andrew J. Bacevich, Foreign Affairs, 15 Aug. 2017
To hear Todd Johnson tell it, Waldo is a barbaric hellhole, a lawless territory where criminals pillage with near impunity.
—David Hudnall, Kansas City Star, 8 May 2024
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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
Critics will contend that a nation that fights only when vital interests are at stake will become oblivious to the suffering of those unfortunate people living in such hellholes as Syria.
—Andrew J. Bacevich, Foreign Affairs, 15 Aug. 2017
To hear Todd Johnson tell it, Waldo is a barbaric hellhole, a lawless territory where criminals pillage with near impunity.
—David Hudnall, Kansas City Star, 8 May 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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Mark Critchley has a full explainer on the financial mess.—
Chris Branch,
The Athletic,
26 Feb. 2025
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The fund did lower its payout after the 2022 mess, leaving itself room to buy bargains.—
Brett Owens,
Forbes,
26 Feb. 2025
Noun
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New York's biggest hole is in the infield, and Arenado would fill it in a big way.—
Zach Pressnell,
Newsweek,
2 Mar. 2025
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Three bogeys and a par across his last four holes, compounded by two horror close-range misses, resigned him to a closing 69.—
Ben Church,
CNN,
2 Mar. 2025
Noun
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And the ungrateful pig got a solid slap from the pigsty owners.—
Newsweek,
Newsweek,
1 Mar. 2025
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The millions of gallons of waste that the pigs generated each year stank horribly and polluted the air and water, turning an otherwise pleasant town into a pigsty.—
Kenny Torrella,
Vox,
7 Feb. 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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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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We're admittedly smitten with this stage-to-sty story, which is apparently a sequel.—
Country Living,
Country Living,
7 Sep. 2022
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“Hellhole.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hellhole. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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