hella
US/ˈhɛl.ə/
hella determiner: an intensifier, signifying an abundance of a thing; much or many. Also the contraction of Hell.
Determiner
hella
Pronoun
hella
- A lot; very much.
- We paid hella for that Chinese cuisine.
Adverb
hella (not comparable)
- Intensifier, modifying verbs; to a large extent; totally; very much.
- I can't tell you how much I hella love the new track.
- Jane was driving away, and the door was open, so I hella ran for it.
- Intensifier, modifying adjectives; to a large degree; extremely; exceedingly.
- I guess she seems hella stoned in her commercial.
- I've been a Star Wars fan since I was hella young.
- Synonyms:
- wicked
Interjection
Proper noun capitalized: Hella
Hella
- Any of various place names.
Also used as
hella is also the contraction of Hell.
hella meaning in Urdu and Odia
hella in Urdu
- ہیلا
hella in Odia
- ହେଲ୍ଲା
Examples of hella in a sentence
- Oh, today's Cyrell's bday. We hella sang her happy birthday at the spot.
- (“We practiced it hella times, but it’s new, and I can’t really get it on top of the music yet,” she explained.)2023 August 20, Kelefa Sanneh, quoting Fatimah Nyeema Warner, “Noname’s Ambivalent, Triumphant Comeback”, in The New Yorker, →ISSN:
- "And to the fella over there / With the hella good hair / Won't you come on over, baby / We can shake, shake, shake"2014, Taylor Swift, “Shake It Off”:
- The storm got hella crazy and... and you said we would be safe at the lighthouse.2016, Life Is Strange, spoken by Chloe Price (Ashly Burch), Square Enix, via Dontnod Entertainment:
Synonyms of hella
Origin of hella
Related to a hell of a. Originally Northern California slang. Compare helluv, helluva.
Shortened form, or elision, of phrases like "hell have", approximating casual speech in writing.
Words formed from hella
Words that rhyme with hella
- stella
- columella
- Ella
- cinderella
- umbrella
- stracciatella
- a cappella
- fella
- ambarella
- citronella
- Coachella
- columnella
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- lamella
- micella
- mozzarella
- nigella
- predella
- salmonella
- Tudela
- varicella
- zooxanthella
- acanthella
- Adela
- amborella
- Bella
- brucella
- candela
- canella
- capitella
- castella
- cella
- cerebella
- chlorella
- clitella
- favela
- fellah
- flabella
- flagella
- fraxinella
- Gabriella
- haustella
- klebsiella
- labella
- mistella
- moraxella
- mortadella
- novella
- paella
- panatela
- petronella
- portabella
- prunella
- quinella
- rostella
- rubella
- scutella
- selaginella
- shigella
- subumbrella
- tarantella
Questions about hella
- What does hella mean?
- Hella means an intensifier, signifying an abundance of a thing; much or many.
- What is hella in Urdu?
- Hella in Urdu is ہیلا. See Hella meaning in Urdu.
- How do you use hella in a sentence?
- Oh, today's Cyrell's bday. We hella sang her happy birthday at the spot.
- What part of speech is hella?
- Hella can be a determiner, a pronoun, an adverb or an interjection.
- How do you pronounce hella?
- Hella is pronounced /ˈhɛl.ə/ (US).
Words near hella in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: hella (page history and authors); Hella (page history and authors); hella (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hella (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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