From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englisha living hella living hella very unpleasant situation that makes you suffer for a long time These past few days have been a living hell. → living
Examples from the Corpus
a living hell• The last two and a half weeks have been a living hell.• If life in the South was corrupt and callous, in the North it was a living hell.• It's just a living hell.• Serving in the Danuese battalions was a living hell.• That first call had been the start of a campaign of intimidation that had transformed Polly's life into a living hell.• The brave heroes returned to an epidemic of influenza which all but carried off those who had survived a living hell.• By lunchtime, everyone would know, and they would make her life a living hell after that.• My life has been a living hell since the attack. 