hellacious
Americanadjective
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remarkable; astonishing.
They're raising a hellacious amount of money in taxes.
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formidably difficult.
We had a hellacious time getting here in the blizzard.
adjective
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remarkable; horrifying
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wonderful; excellent
Etymology
Origin of hellacious
hell + -acious (extracted from audacious, sagacious, vivacious, etc.), perhaps with intensive or augmentative force; bodacious, splendacious
Example Sentences
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And what does arrive is so hellacious that it makes the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man look sweet.
From Los Angeles Times
After stranding a leadoff walk in the top of the first with three-straight strikeouts, Ohtani switched from pitcher to hitter and unleashed a hellacious swing.
From Los Angeles Times
And surely the hellacious fire that destroyed the palace altered the mural colors from which the illustrator worked.
From Los Angeles Times
There’s nothing to-the-manor-born about him; one of the book’s liveliest chapters chronicles his time working on a Canadian railroad line, sweating elbow-to-elbow with ex-convicts and other misfits with whom he developed camaraderie and a hellacious work ethic.
From Los Angeles Times
A younger married pair named Nick and Honey come over for the world’s longest and most hellacious nightcap.
From New York Times
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