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单词 hellholes
释义

hellhole

noun

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

Synonyms

  • dump
  • hole
  • pigpen
  • pigsty
  • shambles
  • sty
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Example Sentences

The factory is a hellhole. his first apartment was a hellhole in an unsafe neighborhood
Recent Examples on the Web And yet, for a hellhole, people seem to really like this place. oregonlive, 22 Aug. 2022 This was always something of a bold opinion, given that Twitter has–for a very long time—been a joyless hellhole. Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 14 July 2022 Back when the crew worked in a tiny, scorching hellhole of a kitchen. Mike Sutter, San Antonio Express-News, 12 May 2022 But people like Tucker Carlson spend their time saying that America is a hellhole, awash in immigrants. Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2021 Sharon, Pancake and Shortie were out of the hellhole and on the road to Norfolk, asleep. Gene Weingarten, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2021 Rafael’s and Mateo’s aunt, Luisa is determined to get her nephews out of this hellhole of a bind. Joe Otterson, Variety, 4 Nov. 2021 How this fits into the space concept thing isn’t super-clear (the song lines up with planet Ultra, which must be a real hellhole). Jon Dolan, Rolling Stone, 15 Oct. 2021 By 1994, when Fear Street Part 1 takes place, Shadyside has been known for generations as a full-on hellhole. Judy Berman, Time, 7 July 2021 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1850, in the meaning defined above

hellholes

noun

plural of hellhole
as in dumps
a dirty or messy place his first apartment was a hellhole in an unsafe neighborhood

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • dumps
  • holes
  • pigsties
  • pigpens
  • shambles
  • sties
  • hells
  • messes
  • styes
  • disorganizations
  • disorders
  • chaoses
  • disarrays
  • jumbles
  • havoc
  • disarrangements
  • litters
  • snake pits
  • musses
  • clutters
  • confusions
  • welters
  • mares' nests
  • muddles
  • mishmashes
  • mare's nests
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