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- DictionaryHel·la·cious/heˈlāSHəs/
adjective
- 1. very great, bad, or overwhelming: informal North American "there was this hellacious hailstorm"
1 day ago · 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.
What does the adjective hellacious mean? There are two meanings listed in OED's entry for the adjective hellacious . See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
hel•la•cious (he lā′ shəs), adj. [ Slang.] Slang Terms remarkable; astonishing: They're raising a hellacious amount of money in taxes. Slang Terms formidably difficult: We had a hellacious time getting here in the blizzard. Also, hel•la′ceous.
1. Independent. In the early days of "The Wire," Simon said, he and Burns used to have "hellacious" arguments — he compared them to scenes from "a toxic marriage". 2. The New Yorker. Stiller cued up an episode of "The Deadliest Catch" on a flat-screen TV and paused the action on some hellacious waves from an Arctic storm. 3. The New Yorker.
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adjective slang remarkable, unbelievable, unusual. Etymologies. from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition. [hell + -acious (as in audacious).] Support. Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word hellacious . Examples.
