hellacious
Syllables: hel·la·cious/hɛˈleɪʃəs/
hellacious adjective: horrible, awful, hellish, agonizing, difficult.
Adjective
hellacious (comparative more hellacious, superlative most hellacious)
- horrible, awful, hellish, agonizing, difficult.
- Because he throws so many hellacious punches, he has the chance of knocking out any fighter on any given night.2007, Dan Horgan, Bringing Back Boxing: A Young Journalist's Attempt to Revive the Sweet Science, page 86
- nasty, repellent.
- Remarkable, unbelievable, unusual.
hellacious meaning in Tamil and Bengali
hellacious in Tamil
- கட்டற்ற துக்கம்
hellacious in Bengali
- ভয়াবহ, ভীষণ, নারকীয়, যন্ত্রণাদায়ক, কঠিন, নোংরা
Forms of hellacious
| comparative | more hellacious |
|---|---|
| superlative | most hellacious |
| alternative form | helatious |
Origin of hellacious
Unclear origins; perhaps from hell + -acious
Words formed from hellacious
Words that rhyme with hellacious
- gracious
- sequacious
- tenacious
- vexatious
- herbaceous
- ostentatious
- rapacious
- sebaceous
- vinaceous
- vivacious
- -aceous
- acanthaceous
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- alsinaceous
- audacious
- capacious
- contumacious
- cretaceous
- fallacious
- farinaceous
- flirtatious
- inefficacious
- juglandaceous
- mendacious
- micaceous
- orchidaceous
- perspicacious
- pertinacious
- salacious
- saponaceous
- spacious
- strobilaceous
- veracious
- voracious
- Acacius
- acinaceous
- alliaceous
- amentaceous
- amylaceous
- annonaceous
- apocynaceous
- argillaceous
- atramentaceous
- avenaceous
- bardacious
- bulbaceous
- camphoraceous
- camphrous
- carbonaceous
- cetaceous
- cucurbitaceous
- curvaceous
- dicacious
- edacious
- efficacious
- erinaceous
- fabaceous
- frumentaceous
- lamentacious
- lauraceous
- liliaceous
Questions about hellacious
- What does hellacious mean?
- Hellacious means horrible, awful, hellish, agonizing, difficult.
- What is hellacious in Tamil?
- Hellacious in Tamil is கட்டற்ற துக்கம். See Hellacious meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is hellacious?
- Hellacious is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce hellacious?
- Hellacious is pronounced /hɛˈleɪʃəs/.
Words near hellacious in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: hellacious (page history and authors); hellacious (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); hellacious (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). 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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