hellscape

[ hel-skeyp ]

noun

1. a bleak landscape or one that resembles hell:

   a post-apocalyptic hellscape.

2. a place or time that is hopeless, unbearable, or irredeemable: College application season is a hellscape.

   It’s impossible to avoid the hellscape of social media.

   College application season is a hellscape.

   Enjoy your existence on this hellscape in whatever way you can.

Word History and Origins

Origin of hellscape¹

First recorded in 1890–95; hell ( def ) + -scape ( def )

Related Words

• antiutopia
• cacotopia