hellhole
/ˈhelhəʊl/noun
उच्चारण हेल्होल
नरक जैसी जगह, बहुत गंदी या भयानक जगह
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[C] informal
a very unpleasant, dirty or frightening place
नरक जैसी जगह, बहुत गंदी या भयानक जगह
- The old prison was a hellhole where prisoners slept on the floor.
- He called the factory a hellhole.
- The report described the overcrowded jail as a hellhole.
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- He escaped from that hellhole of a hostel as soon as he could.
- Residents complained that the neglected market had become a hellhole.
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a hellhole (countable noun)
Hellhole is an informal, strong word for a very unpleasant place; it is countable, with the plural hellholes.
Hellhole बहुत अप्रिय स्थान के लिए अनौपचारिक और कड़ा शब्द है; यह countable है और इसका plural 'hellholes' है।
- The old prison was a filthy hellhole.
- He refused to live in that hellhole.
describe sth as a hellhole
People use describe as, call or think of as when they criticise a place.
किसी स्थान की आलोचना करते समय 'describe as', 'call' या 'think of as' का प्रयोग होता है।
- Visitors described the hostel as a hellhole.
hellhole of + noun
You can add of plus a bad quality to say what makes it so awful.
उसे इतना बुरा क्या बनाता है, यह बताने के लिए 'of' के साथ कोई बुरा गुण जोड़ा जा सकता है।
- The camp was a hellhole of disease and hunger.
hellhole (register note)
It is informal and rather offensive, so avoid it in formal writing or exams; use 'squalid place' instead.
यह अनौपचारिक और कुछ अशिष्ट शब्द है, इसलिए औपचारिक लेखन या परीक्षा में 'squalid place' जैसा शब्द प्रयोग करें।
- In the report, the officer called the cell a squalid place.
hellhole (informal, figurative)
The word is figurative: no place is literally hell, so it exaggerates to show strong dislike or anger.
यह शब्द लाक्षणिक है: कोई स्थान सचमुच नरक नहीं होता, यह तीव्र नापसंद या क्रोध दिखाने के लिए अतिशयोक्ति है।
- The tenants called their damp flat a hellhole and demanded repairs.
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adjective + hellhole
filthystinkingovercrowdeddarkdangerous
- The overcrowded jail was described as a stinking hellhole.
verb + hellhole
escape fromlive inturn intocallrescue people from
- Many prisoners tried to escape from the hellhole.
hellhole + noun phrase
of a prisonof a cityof a slumof a hostel
- He grew up in a hellhole of a slum near the railway line.
preposition + hellhole
in a hellholeout of a hellholeinto a hellholefrom that hellhole
- They moved out of that hellhole as soon as they could.
hellhole + relative clause
a hellhole that nobody cleansa hellhole where people suffera hellhole they cannot leavea hellhole nobody visits
- The station became a hellhole nobody wanted to pass through.
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- The journalist wrote that the hospital had become a hellhole of neglect.
पत्रकार ने लिखा कि अस्पताल उपेक्षा का नरक बन चुका था।
- Radhika's first rented room was a damp, noisy hellhole.
राधिका का पहला किराये का कमरा सीलन भरा, शोर वाला नरक जैसा स्थान था।
- The old factory was a hellhole where workers had no fans in the summer.
पुरानी फ़ैक्टरी एक नारकीय स्थान थी जहाँ गर्मियों में मज़दूरों के पास पंखे भी नहीं थे।
- He promised to clean up the hellhole that the railway station had become.
उसने रेलवे स्टेशन को, जो नरक जैसा बन गया था, साफ़ कराने का वादा किया।
- No one wanted to go back to the hellhole they had left.
जिस नारकीय स्थान को वे छोड़ आए थे, वहाँ कोई वापस नहीं जाना चाहता था।
- Rescue workers found the children in a dark cellar, a true hellhole.
बचाव-कर्मियों को बच्चे एक अँधेरे तहखाने में मिले, जो सचमुच नरक जैसा था।