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
Your husband doubts whether hydrangeas could survive the hellish weather of Virginia?
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Steve Bender, Southern Living, 30 July 2025
Current boyfriend Oli Green is up to snuff in a regulation dark City-of-London/Wall-Street let’s-argue-about-the-tariffs suit, but the suit has got a hellish job of work boosting Green even so much as a few months older than his 28 years.
—Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 13 July 2025
The screams layered together, rising and echoing in a hellish chorus.
—Lizz Schumer, People.com, 28 July 2025
That’s music to the ears of Gen Z, working moms, and anyone with a hellish commute.
—Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 23 July 2025
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Steve Bender, Southern Living, 30 July 2025
Current boyfriend Oli Green is up to snuff in a regulation dark City-of-London/Wall-Street let’s-argue-about-the-tariffs suit, but the suit has got a hellish job of work boosting Green even so much as a few months older than his 28 years.
—Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 13 July 2025
The screams layered together, rising and echoing in a hellish chorus.
—Lizz Schumer, People.com, 28 July 2025
That’s music to the ears of Gen Z, working moms, and anyone with a hellish commute.
—Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 23 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hellish
Adjective
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As a Minneapolis resident and Minnesota native, these past few days have been horrible.—
Sam Woodward,
USA Today,
30 Aug. 2025
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However, in the immediate aftermath of something horrible, when everyone feels helpless, prayer can be a good place to go at the start, said Collins.—
Madeline Holcombe,
CNN Money,
29 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Don’t rely on an aesthetic that most people can easily see is awful.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
23 Aug. 2025
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Traveling down a dirt road in the park, the men heard the awful sound of a tire on the RV going flat.—
Keith Matheny,
Freep.com,
23 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Now, more lurid details, accusations, and recollections are going to deepen the ghastly damage to his dreadful reputation.—
Stephanie Nolasco,
FOXNews.com,
27 Aug. 2025
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The following offseason, Miles was fired and replaced by Lance Leipold, who took over a dreadful program that hadn’t won more than three games in a season in a dozen years.—
Bruce Feldman,
New York Times,
22 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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But the promise turned into disappointment during the Rockies’ hideous first half of the season.—
Patrick Saunders,
Denver Post,
19 July 2025
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The last two decades spent without a Devil Wears Prada sequel started to feel a little bit like enduring a 20-year hideous skirt convention.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
28 July 2025
Adjective
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The brazen and aggressive manhandling of Senator Padilla by the Trump administration is a sickening disgrace.—
Emma Marsden,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 June 2025
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The practice is one of a sickening array of battlefield mistreatments recorded on video either by Ukrainian surveillance drones or Russian servicemen and then circulated on social media.—
Andrew Carey,
CNN Money,
28 July 2025
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In a shocking turn of events, Weems is Wednesday’s new spirit guide, or figure from beyond death who will help Wednesday with her psychic visions.—
Dessi Gomez,
Deadline,
14 Aug. 2025
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Perhaps the biggest moment was her shocking termination as principal, which not only upset her fictional colleagues but also viewers.—
Giana Levy,
Variety,
14 Aug. 2025
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“Hellish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hellish. Accessed 3 Sep. 2025.
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