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
The previously steady couple experiences friction because of the resulting stress, but things take a more hellish turn when everyone discovers the house is haunted by a demon looking for a new host.
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Vikram Murthi, IndieWire, 13 Mar. 2025
Sam’s stay in New York had turned hellish.
—Matt Lavietes, NBC News, 8 Mar. 2025
Her nurse, played by ’90s icon Sandra Bernhard, shepherds her through her hellish days.
—Erin Qualey, Vulture, 28 Feb. 2025
Markets were in dire need of some calm after a hellish month of tariff chaos that eroded trillions of dollars of value and pushed both the S&P and Nasdaq into official correction territory.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 19 Mar. 2025
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Vikram Murthi, IndieWire, 13 Mar. 2025
Sam’s stay in New York had turned hellish.
—Matt Lavietes, NBC News, 8 Mar. 2025
Her nurse, played by ’90s icon Sandra Bernhard, shepherds her through her hellish days.
—Erin Qualey, Vulture, 28 Feb. 2025
Markets were in dire need of some calm after a hellish month of tariff chaos that eroded trillions of dollars of value and pushed both the S&P and Nasdaq into official correction territory.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 19 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hellish
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Wade has been in a horrible slump since the season started and going in to Saturday night’s game against the Los Angeles Angels is hitting .096 (5-for-52) with a homer, seven RBIs, eight walks and an on base percentage of .213.—
Jerry McDonald,
Mercury News,
19 Apr. 2025
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The Braves desperately need to add a shortstop and some offensive help amid their horrible start to the season.—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Apr. 2025
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Players who are in strong lineups on teams prone to having awful lineups on the floor in the same games are prone to having skewed impact numbers.—
Law Murray,
New York Times,
14 Apr. 2025
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And the awful topper came in his Arizona Fall League debut, where the Thomas Jefferson High School product was torched by some of baseball’s best prospects and didn’t make it out of the first inning.—
Kyle Newman,
Denver Post,
13 Apr. 2025
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Those of us who have lived in countries terrorized by a secret police force can’t shake a feeling of dreadful familiarity.—
M. Gessen,
Mercury News,
5 Apr. 2025
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Annexing Greenland is also a dreadful idea, as is throwing down the gauntlet to reclaim the Panama Canal — a subtle act of war.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
10 Mar. 2025
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The month leading up to their Champions League tie with Real Madrid has been absolutely hideous.—
Amy Lawrence,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2025
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The architectural vandalism was hideous and heartbreaking to watch, inhumane civic renewal by wrecking ball in the discredited vein of Robert Moses.—
Frank Rich,
Vulture,
8 Apr. 2025
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Scientists had initially feared this spread could represent another Ebola-like crisis — since that disease originated in animals, then jumped to humans, sickening and killing a large number of people.—
Paul Smaglik,
Discover Magazine,
19 Mar. 2025
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The disconnect between the reality that many people are currently experiencing hunger, in part because of climate change, and this fancy dinner was sickening.—
The Dial,
The Dial,
18 Mar. 2025
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But even with Edwards’ shocking loss, this outpouring of grief and tributes — the decals, the touching video montages on national TV, the mentions in interviews — had to catch many NASCAR fans off guard.—
Jeff Gluck,
New York Times,
14 Apr. 2025
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That’s a bit shocking for the current winner of the Best New Artist Grammy.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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“Hellish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hellish. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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