"hellacious" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /hɛˈleɪʃəs/ Audio: En-au-hellacious.ogg [Australia], En-us-hellacious.ogg [US] Forms: more hellacious [comparative], most hellacious [superlative]
Rhymes: -eɪʃəs Etymology: Unclear origins; perhaps from hell + -acious Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|hell|-acious}} hell + -acious Head templates: {{en-adj}} hellacious (comparative more hellacious, superlative most hellacious)
  1. horrible, awful, hellish, agonizing
    Sense id: en-hellacious-en-adj-7aJnAdc3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -acious Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 37 17 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -acious: 64 24 12
  2. nasty, repellent.
    Sense id: en-hellacious-en-adj-BAfArGrj
  3. (slang) Remarkable, unbelievable, unusual. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-hellacious-en-adj-VFXFGNmQ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: helatious Derived forms: hellaciously, hellaciousness

Alternative forms

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