Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
any place of pain and turmoil;
- Example: "the hell of battle"- Example: "the inferno of the engine room"- Example: "when you're alone Christmas is the pits";[syn: hell, hell on earth, hellhole, snake pit, the pits, inferno]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
hellhole
n 1: any place of pain and turmoil; "the hell of battle"; "the
inferno of the engine room"; "when you're alone Christmas
is the pits"; [syn: hell, hell on earth, hellhole,
snake pit, the pits, inferno]