hellacious
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Etymology edit
Unclear origins; perhaps from hell + -acious
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hellacious (comparative more hellacious, superlative most hellacious)
- horrible, awful, hellish, agonizing
- 2007, Dan Horgan, Bringing Back Boxing: A Young Journalist's Attempt to Revive the Sweet Science, page 86:
- Because he throws so many hellacious punches, he has the chance of knocking out any fighter on any given night.
- nasty, repellent.
- (slang) Remarkable, unbelievable, unusual.