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View usage for: the pits in British English slang the worst possible person, place, or thing See full dictionary entry for pitsthe pits in American English 1. Slang the worst possible thing, place, condition, etc. 2. US pit1 (sense 14) pit1 (sense 14b) See full dictionary entry for pit Examples of 'the pits' in a sentencethe pits He'd done that too, he'd been in the pits several seasons with a car one of his bosses sponsored.Those rooms are too small for you, and as for those narrow and badly decorated stairs, they are the pits.In Lloyd's talk his dream returned, crowds milled at the circuits, cars jockeyed for place and swooped into the pits.He had seen the pits where they fell, and he would not be dissuaded. Synonyms of 'the pits'terrible, the worst, awful, dreadful More Synonyms of the pits Definition the worst possible person, place, or thing This place is the pits! Synonyms the worst grotty (British, informal) the lowest of the low extremely bad See pitAdditional synonymsEven if the weather's awful there's still lots to do. Synonyms bad, poor, terrible (informal), appalling, foul, rubbish (slang), shit (taboo, slang), dreadful, unpleasant, dire, crap (taboo, slang), horrendous, ghastly, from hell (informal), atrocious, deplorable, abysmal, frightful, shite (taboo, slang), hellacious (US, slang) Definition extreme We've made a dreadful mistake. Synonyms serious, terrible, awful, appalling, horrendous, monstrous, unspeakable, abysmalDefinition indescribably bad or evil the unspeakable horrors of chemical weapons Synonyms dreadful, shocking, appalling, evil, awful, overwhelming, horrible, unbelievable, monstrous, from hell (informal), inconceivable, unimaginable, repellent, abysmal, frightful, heinous, odious, indescribable, loathsome, abominable, ineffable, beyond words, execrable, unutterable, inexpressible, beyond description, hellacious (US, slang), too horrible for words - the needy
- the norm
- the occult
- the pits
- the powers that be
- the present
- the present day
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