hellhounds

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On that note: who fears the two hellhounds TWC and Comcast coming together?

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(figurative) An evil or otherwise unpleasant person.

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noun

(figurative) An evil or otherwise unpleasant person.

noun

(mythology) A demonic dog of hell, typically of unnatural size, strength or speed, with black fur, glowing eyes, and ghostly or phantom characteristics.

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Core meanings and parts of speech for hellhounds.

noun

(figurative) An evil or otherwise unpleasant person.

noun

(mythology) A demonic dog of hell, typically of unnatural size, strength or speed, with black fur, glowing eyes, and ghostly or phantom characteristics.

Example sentences

On that note: who fears the two hellhounds TWC and Comcast coming together?

I think Hecate, who was the goddess of crossroads and magic/illusion (and hellhounds) among 1000 other things, was in charge of liminal things.

Probably the hellhounds Zuul and Vinz Clortho.

I see the path of simplicity before me, but it is beset on all sides by the bloodletting hellhounds of You Get What You Pay For.

I totally admire the 'setup' that US has, making it the 'best inventor' in the world (gathering talent, giving them the tools/funding/environment to thrive), but this reminds me the Hellhounds from Supernatural.

"...we are placing a strong emphasis on verification and proof as tools for the practicing programmer, chief among these being the infamous hellhounds of Computer Science, induction and recursion." andrejbauer wants to know why Prof Harper is using SML instead of Haskell.