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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This business is old and a mess — there aren’t overnight solutions to any of these conversations — but the fact that these conversations are being had by such public figures is such a joy and will lead to change finally.—
Joe Lynch,
Billboard,
13 Feb. 2025
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There was mess from the beginning, and his hands were in all of it.—
Katie Drummond,
WIRED,
13 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Placing the tag on Holland could make some sense, but a $19.6 million price tag could be too rich for a Dolphins team that needs to shore up several holes.—
Antwan Staley,
New York Daily News,
18 Feb. 2025
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The maritime archaeologist identified shell impact holes in the upper starboard of the hull’s ballast tank and significant battle damage to the base of the submarine’s conning tower.—
Sean Kingsley,
Smithsonian Magazine,
18 Feb. 2025
Noun
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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
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James Scotto See it for yourselves Brooklyn: The president and the mayor should take a walk to see what a pigsty Floyd Bennett Field has become.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
5 Feb. 2024
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 21 Feb. 2025.
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