Thesaurus results for HELLHOLE

hellhole

noun

ˈhel-ˌhōl

Definition of hellhole

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 Pritzker has been trying to debunk claims that Chicago is an out-of-control hellhole; to assert in court that the federal government has no right to send in federal troops; and to discredit the tactics by immigration agents to arrest migrants in his state’s streets and businesses. — Ben Smith, semafor.com, 20 Oct. 2025 Who wants to work to separate family members from each other or put people in a hellhole in the Everglades? — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 4 Aug. 2025 She was immediately put on the next plane back to her Third World hellhole. — Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 19 Mar. 2025 Crimea and the Donbas are economic hellholes and huge drains on Russian resources. — Alexander J. Motyl, Foreign Affairs, 27 Jan. 2016 See All Example Sentences for hellhole

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Noun

The data dump comes after the Conference Board reported yesterday that its Consumer Confidence Index this month slid to its lowest level since 2014.

— Alex Harring, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2026
Jump to recipe Dessert doesn’t get much easier than a dump cake!

— Erin Merhar, Southern Living, 27 Sep. 2026

Definition of dump

Noun

This is just another mess for the WNBA, a terrible look for A'ja Wilson, and wildly unprofessional from Amazon Prime Video.

— Jon Root OutKick, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2026
Rather than simply detecting physical obstacles, the system distinguishes between different types of messes and household objects to optimize cleaning strategies.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of mess

Noun

The average user on both a sportsbook and prediction market loses money, and trying to claw back losses puts users in even deeper financial holes, experts warn.

— Davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 4 Oct. 2026
Walker split a hole created by Trey Smith and Jaylon Moore on the right side of the line, never broke stride and sprinted 76 yards down the right side to set up the Chiefs’ go-ahead touchdown pass to Thornton in the fourth quarter.

— Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of hole

Noun

De Wet claims Olivier then ordered him to dispose of their bodies in a pigsty — an act prosecutors believe was meant to destroy evidence.

— Christina Coulter, People.com, 7 Aug. 2025
Regard your property as an investment in a pigsty, and visitors will treat it thus.

— Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 3 Apr. 2025

Definition of pigsty

Noun

The result leaves nearly every performer fumbling for traction in Serkis and Stoller’s muddy-yet-gutless cinematic sty.

— Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 30 Apr. 2026
In 1981, he was elected mayor, if not quite the Zohran Mamdani of the Reagan revolution (Mamdani won by two hundred thousand votes, not ten), then at least a sty in the Gipper’s eye.

— Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2026

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