noun
- plural of hellhole; extremely unpleasant, uncomfortable, or dangerous places
Usage: informal; usually plural or used in plural contexts
Examples
- The old apartment buildings were considered hellholes by the city inspectors.
- She refused to work in those hellholes without proper safety equipment.
- The prison was one of the worst hellholes in the state.
- After the disaster, the refugee camps became hellholes of disease and suffering.
- He complained that the factory conditions were absolute hellholes.
- Those hellholes downtown needed serious renovation and investment.