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1. the pits

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Usually means: Very bad, lowest or worst.
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General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. the pits: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. the pits: Merriam-Webster
  3. the pits: Collins English Dictionary
  4. the pits: Vocabulary.com
  5. the pits: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. the pits: Wiktionary
  7. the pits: Dictionary.com
  8. the pits: Rhymezone
  9. the pits: FreeDictionary.org
  10. the pits: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. the pits: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. the pits: Encyclopedia

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. American-Australian Slang Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. The Pits: A Seattle Lexicon
  3. the pits: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (the pits)

▸ noun:  (slang) Something miserable or unpleasant.

Similar:
inferno, hell, hell on earth, shitpile, ash pit, pitting, burn pit, ashpit, grot, snakepit, more...

Opposite:
peaks, zenith, summit, apex, pinnacle

Types:
awful, dreadful, terrible, horrible, bad, disgusting, more...

Phrases:
been the pits, being the pits, is the pits, was the pits, were the pits, more...

Adjectives:
guttery, boggy, dreggy, junky, muddy, gorge, garbage, culch, addle, bogged down, refuse

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Similar:
inferno, hell, hell on earth, shitpile, ash pit, pitting, burn pit, ashpit, grot, snakepit, more...

Opposite:
peaks, zenith, summit, apex, pinnacle

Types:
awful, dreadful, terrible, horrible, bad, disgusting, more...

Phrases:
been the pits, being the pits, is the pits, was the pits, were the pits, Queen of the Demonweb Pits, remove the pits, more...

Adjectives:
guttery, boggy, dreggy, junky, muddy, gorge, garbage, culch, addle, bogged down, refuse



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