How to Pronounce "hellhole"
word
/ˈhɛlˌhoʊl/
HEL-hohl
/hˈɛlhəʊl/
HEL-hohl
Definition
A 'hellhole' is a very unpleasant, dirty, or terrible place, usually somewhere people really don’t want to be.
IPA Transcription
American English
/ˈhɛlˌhoʊl/
British English
/hˈɛlhəʊl/
Simplified Pronunciation
US
HEL-hohl
UK
HEL-hohl
Listen in Context
My apartment was a hellhole before I cleaned it.
This restaurant is a total hellhole.
Nobody wants to live in that hellhole of a building.
After a week in that hellhole, I needed a real vacation.