hellacious

or hel·la·ceous

[ he-ley-shuhs ]
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adjectiveSlang.
  1. remarkable; astonishing: They're raising a hellacious amount of money in taxes.

  2. formidably difficult: We had a hellacious time getting here in the blizzard.

Origin of hellacious

1
hell + -acious (extracted from audacious, sagacious, vivacious, etc.), perhaps with intensive or augmentative force; cf. bodacious, splendacious

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British Dictionary definitions for hellacious

hellacious

/ (hɛˈleɪʃəs) /


adjectiveUS slang
  1. remarkable; horrifying

  2. wonderful; excellent

Origin of hellacious

1
C20: from hell + -acious as in audacious

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