as in horrible
of, resembling, or befitting hell
We've been having hellish weather lately. The battlefield was a hellish scene of death and destruction.
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Recent Examples of hellish
In her hierarchy, love — not the protection that political power affords — is the meaningful precondition for safety, even in this hellish country.
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Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 20 May 2025
Your lawmakers have commanded all good citizens to engage in this hellish sport.
—Liz Tracey, JSTOR Daily, 19 May 2025
In this movie, their most formidable foes are a hellish bunch of beasties disguised as a rival boy band.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 13 May 2025
Once on the ground, Venera 8 lived for only 63 minutes, which is about what was expected given Venus’s hellish conditions.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 7 May 2025
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Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 20 May 2025
Your lawmakers have commanded all good citizens to engage in this hellish sport.
—Liz Tracey, JSTOR Daily, 19 May 2025
In this movie, their most formidable foes are a hellish bunch of beasties disguised as a rival boy band.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 13 May 2025
Once on the ground, Venera 8 lived for only 63 minutes, which is about what was expected given Venus’s hellish conditions.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 7 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hellish
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Even with the horrible start the Red Sox still nearly came all the way back, twice drawing to within one run, but the club couldn’t get over the hump.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
3 June 2025
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We were made aware of this horrible activity by Priscilla Olivarez from ILRC, at our annual conference Convening 2025, held in San Antonio.—
Billal Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 June 2025
Adjective
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Even so, some of Lucy’s pronouncements are so truly awful that a blunt snort of laughter is the only response.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
13 June 2025
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Romano moved back into the closer role since the loss of Alvarado, and has alternated awesome and awful performances - his ERA is an unsightly 7.40 to date.—
Tony Blengino,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2025
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To avoid getting the jitters or experiencing that dreadful caffeine crash, stick to no more than four cups a day.—
Maria Berentzen,
Vogue,
13 June 2025
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And this speaks to the heart of the U.K.’s problem: the dreadful productivity record of its public sector and particularly the NHS.—
Ian King,
CNBC,
11 June 2025
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There are no save-the-cat redemptions for a man who became famous for torturing, murdering and performing hideous experiments on countless Jews as part of a team of doctors overseeing medical services at Auschwitz-Birkenau.—
Jordan Mintzer,
HollywoodReporter,
20 May 2025
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But Eleanor has backed herself into an awful corner, and in some ways, so too has Johansson’s film, which is stuck trying to impart sage wisdom through the lens of a truly hideous (if well-meaning) lie.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
20 May 2025
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The Queens Botanical Garden’s annual Pride event will feature DJ music, after-hours access to the garden and sickening drag performances by Nani Tsunami and Janae SaisQuoi.—
Muri Assunção,
New York Daily News,
14 June 2025
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But the defense is hoping to cast her recollections merely as sickening details in a deranged love story between two consenting and jealous adults.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
17 May 2025
Adjective
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But then what looked like a tap-in par on the long par-three eighth turned into a shocking miss.—
Doug Ferguson,
Los Angeles Times,
15 June 2025
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The team grapples with a leadership shakeup and a shocking ultimatum.—
Billie Melissa,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 June 2025
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“Hellish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hellish. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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