as in hell
a state in which everything is out of order
it looks like heck in that boy's bedroom
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Recent Examples of heck
Each year the city throws its Mardi Gras Nocona Style celebration, one of the best parties this side of the Big Easy — and lying 500 miles closer, a heck of a lot easier to get to from Fort Worth.
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Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Mar. 2025
The Kansas City Royals roster just got a heck of a lot cuter in recent days.
—Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 8 Mar. 2025
Amid its successful lunar landing, forthcoming Alpha launch, and a new launch contract, Firefly is having one heck of a week.
—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 7 Mar. 2025
If a stock does nothing for 18 months before going on a 40% run in 6 months, that’s a heck of a good investment.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 18 Feb. 2025
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Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Mar. 2025
The Kansas City Royals roster just got a heck of a lot cuter in recent days.
—Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 8 Mar. 2025
Amid its successful lunar landing, forthcoming Alpha launch, and a new launch contract, Firefly is having one heck of a week.
—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 7 Mar. 2025
If a stock does nothing for 18 months before going on a 40% run in 6 months, that’s a heck of a good investment.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 18 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for heck
Noun
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Good intentions pave the road to hell, and all that jazz.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
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Season 2 has built on these relatable themes, introducing race as a key factor within the creepy, hollow corporate hell that is Lumon.—
Banseka Kayembe,
refinery29.com,
17 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Scott Bassett Orlando Trump’s policies are a money-grab Donald Trump’s trade war is causing havoc in the markets as prices rise due to insane tariffs on our closest neighbors.—
Letters to the Editor,
Orlando Sentinel,
20 Mar. 2025
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Inevitably, leaders ignore the subtle signals of havoc and become overwhelmed when major disruptions inevitably occur.—
Dan Pontefract,
Forbes,
19 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Those were poor seasons which took in the decline of Marcelo Bielsa, Jesse Marsch’s tenure and the mess that followed with Javi Gracia and Sam Allardyce.—
Beren Cross,
The Athletic,
21 Mar. 2025
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In the first four episodes, Newsom seems incapable of interrogating any right-wing position—whether on tariffs, book bans, trans women in sports, wokeness, or the mess at the border.—
Jay Caspian Kang,
The New Yorker,
21 Mar. 2025
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Instead, voters themselves are jumbles of competing and sometimes contradictory interests.—
Chris Stirewalt,
The Hill,
14 Feb. 2025
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Baker also leads the orchestra, which sounds grand — although the sound in the arts center’s Pugh Theater often left musicians, lead singers and chorus all at the same level, with actors speaking over all of it at the same time to create a sonic jumble.—
Matthew J. Palm,
Orlando Sentinel,
27 Feb. 2025
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“Heck.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heck. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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