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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Turn a hellish year into the perfect spooky season look.
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Evelyn Bauer, Them, 4 Sep. 2024
But being in your early thirties and playing yourself as a junior high school student and then surrounding yourself with age-appropriate actors who are actually going through that hellish rite of passage brings a whole new layer of cringe and humor.
—Jennifer M. Wood, WIRED, 5 Nov. 2024
Meanwhile, Harry Osborn (Dane DeHaan) transforms into the Green Goblin and sets about making his former best friend’s life generally hellish.
—Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 30 Oct. 2024
The success of the Manhattan Project made a truly hellish set of futures possible for our species, up to and including our extinction.
—Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 24 Oct. 2024
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Evelyn Bauer, Them, 4 Sep. 2024
But being in your early thirties and playing yourself as a junior high school student and then surrounding yourself with age-appropriate actors who are actually going through that hellish rite of passage brings a whole new layer of cringe and humor.
—Jennifer M. Wood, WIRED, 5 Nov. 2024
Meanwhile, Harry Osborn (Dane DeHaan) transforms into the Green Goblin and sets about making his former best friend’s life generally hellish.
—Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 30 Oct. 2024
The success of the Manhattan Project made a truly hellish set of futures possible for our species, up to and including our extinction.
—Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 24 Oct. 2024
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Although there is high demand among students for internships and other work opportunities, our education-employer ecosystem is doing a horrible job delivering them.Brandon Busteed, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
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Everyone is forgetting conveniently about October 7, but that was a horrible day for the world, not for Israel, for the world.TIME Staff, TIME, 12 Dec. 2024
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But even if the company succeeds, internet users have a way of pushing the boundaries of new tools like this until every possible awful output has been demonstrated.Scott Rosenberg, Axios, 10 Dec. 2024
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As a unit, the Bengals defense has been awful, only scoring four PPG, which is the 4th least in the NFL.Steve Bradshaw, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
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Zoom out: Local sports fans are ready to put this dreadful year behind them.Justin Kaufmann, Axios, 9 Dec. 2024
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That was one of the lone bright spots in an otherwise dreadful day offensively.Daniel Popper, The Athletic, 2 Dec. 2024
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No abstract theory regardless of how sincerely held should impede or distract from that hideous, concrete real-world reality.Caroline Frost, Deadline, 24 Nov. 2024
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The Menendez trials — the first of the two ended in a mistrial due to a hung jury — became such a sensation in part because of the hideous nature of the crime, but also because of who Lyle and Erik were.Jen Chaney, Vulture, 20 Sep. 2024
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Reviews of the film at the time tended to single out the career-best performance of Jason Patric, primarily because, as the aggro, rape-minded workout buddy to Eckhart’s weak-spined Barry, Patric’s is the showiest and most sickening role.Sean Malin, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2024
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The yearling scrambled back up its tree, then let go and fell, landing with a sickening thud.Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024
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This outcome was always a possibility for the Red Sox, but what is truly shocking is the lack of urgency and effort from the Boston front office.Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
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Amid his season of highs, Scheffler was also at the center of the most shocking day in golf major championship history when he was arrested and booked in a Louisville, Ky. jail over a traffic miscommunication at the PGA Championship.Jenna West, The Athletic, 11 Dec. 2024
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“Hellish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hellish. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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