noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A place of intense hatred, misery, or turmoil. derogatory, idiomatic, slang

   "Once the Old Nichol had been razed, the search was on for London's new hell hole."

2. 2
   Alternative form of hellhole. alt-of, alternative
3. 3
   any place of pain and turmoil wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

brotheldenden of iniquityfleshpotshellhell

Example

More examples

"I need to get out of this hellhole."

Etymology

First recorded in 1866.

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