hellhole


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hell·hole

 (hĕl′hōl′)
n.
1. A place of extreme wretchedness or squalor.
2. Obsolete The pit of hell.
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hellhole

(ˈhɛlˌhəʊl)
n
an unpleasant or evil place
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hell•hole

(ˈhɛlˌhoʊl)

n.
a place totally lacking in comfort or cleanliness.
[1350–1400]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.hellhole - any place of pain and turmoilhellhole - any place of pain and turmoil; "the hell of battle"; "the inferno of the engine room"; "when you're alone Christmas is the pits";
hell, hell on earth, inferno, snake pit, the pits
region, part - the extended spatial location of something; "the farming regions of France"; "religions in all parts of the world"; "regions of outer space"
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Translations

hellhole

[ˈhelhəʊl] N → infierno m
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"Take a dozen men, Shandy, and search yon hellhole. Bring out to me, alive, Peter of Colfax, and My Lady's cloak and a palfrey--and Shandy, when all is done as I say, you may apply the torch!
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Last month the player branded the venue for the this year's English Open a "hellhole" and claimed he could smell urine in the player interview area.
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TWO days after Ronnie O'Sullivan described the venue as a "hellhole", the five-time world champion treated the crowd at the K2 Leisure Centre in Crawley to the 15th maximum break of his career.
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RONNIE O'Sullivan has described the venue for this year's English Open as "a hellhole" and urged World Snooker to spend more money on tournament hosts.
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After another loss to the TNT KaTropa on Tuesday, the Gin Kings are now on the brink of elimination facing a 2-0 hellhole in their best-of-five semifinals series.
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