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
Enroute to the sun, the probe serendipitously also caught rare closeups of passing comets and shed light on how Venus, Earth's hellish twin, may have lost its water.
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Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 27 Dec. 2024
Shows such as Stranger Things and Buffy the Vampire Slayer settled on the trope of a hellish world reachable only through science-fiction portals.
—K. Austin Collins, The Atlantic, 7 Feb. 2025
Precisely who Trump wants to punish appears secondary to his delight in releasing precisely those hellish dogs.
—Rachel Hadas, The Conversation, 5 Feb. 2025
Amer, who created the series with Ramy auteur Ramy Youssef, spends enough time in this hellish place to make his point about its pointless cruelty but moves on before the new season of Mo becomes an unmitigated downer.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 3 Feb. 2025
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Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 27 Dec. 2024
Shows such as Stranger Things and Buffy the Vampire Slayer settled on the trope of a hellish world reachable only through science-fiction portals.
—K. Austin Collins, The Atlantic, 7 Feb. 2025
Precisely who Trump wants to punish appears secondary to his delight in releasing precisely those hellish dogs.
—Rachel Hadas, The Conversation, 5 Feb. 2025
Amer, who created the series with Ramy auteur Ramy Youssef, spends enough time in this hellish place to make his point about its pointless cruelty but moves on before the new season of Mo becomes an unmitigated downer.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 3 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hellish
Adjective
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There are so many horrible things happening in the world.—
Marta Balaga,
Variety,
18 Feb. 2025
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Still, a light at the end of this very horrible long tunnel might be a bit more visible at this time.—
Greg Palkot,
Fox News,
15 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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My heart was already pounding from the awful climb, but there was a sudden thrill and exhilaration.—
Frank C. Hibben,
Outdoor Life,
13 Feb. 2025
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Vanderbilt Profile Strengths: Competitive metrics, no bad losses, headliner wins vs. Kentucky and Tennessee. Profile Weaknesses: No key road/neutral wins, awful nonconference SOS.—
Jim Root,
The Athletic,
13 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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San Antonio also unloaded its worst recent mistake, a dreadful contract extension for Zach Collins that would have paid him $18 million next year.—
John Hollinger,
The Athletic,
12 Feb. 2025
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For the Giants, the seats are hotter than ever for head coach Brian Daboll and general manager Joe Schoen, who return despite last year’s dreadful 3-14 campaign.—
Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
11 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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The result was good for the Jayhawks, as the Cyclones shot a hideous 1-for-12 (11%) from long range.—
Shreyas Laddha,
Kansas City Star,
4 Feb. 2025
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Rust is a big deal, as is the fact that many Panteras have been mangled by previous owners bestowing hideous enhancements (think bad celebrity plastic surgery) on otherwise desirable cars.—
Robert Ross,
Robb Report,
17 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Every day a new person emerges as a magnificent hero or a sickening villain.—
Kelsey McKinney,
Rolling Stone,
8 Feb. 2025
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This whole tragic final sequence plays out with a sense of sickening inevitability, like an ugly, violent domino effect.—
Ben Rosenstock,
Vulture,
23 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Head coach Kevin O'Connell won Coach of the Year after the team secured a shocking 14-3 record.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
15 Feb. 2025
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The escalating tension of that final act is as shocking and violent and viciously cold as anything in Franco’s filmography, which has seldom shied away from stark depictions of human cruelty — whether intimate in scale, like After Lucia, or encompassing explosive societal conflict, like New Order.—
David Rooney,
The Hollywood Reporter,
15 Feb. 2025
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“Hellish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hellish. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.
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