hellhole

noun

hell·​hole ˈhel-ˌhōl How to pronounce hellhole (audio)
: a place of extreme misery or squalor

Examples of hellhole in a Sentence

The factory is a hellhole. his first apartment was a hellhole in an unsafe neighborhood
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No wonder the film nabbed so many Oscar nominations: Academy members are always going to want their cinematic Mexico to be a pitiable hellhole in need of salvation and a reminder to change its errant ways, a trope that goes back to the days of Manifest Destiny. Fidel Martinez, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2025 The desert city, oasis or hellhole or both, can’t help but bounce back. 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 See all Example Sentences for hellhole 

Word History

First Known Use

1850, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of hellhole was in 1850

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“Hellhole.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hellhole. Accessed 29 Jan. 2025.

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