Definition of "hellacious" []

• Distasteful and repellant: hellacious smog. (adjective)
• Slang Extraordinary; remarkable: a hellacious catch of fish. (adjective)

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• "He takes us back to his youth in "hellacious" Brownsville, Brooklyn of the 1970s, telling us that before he became a street thug, he was the target of neighborhood bullies because he lacked the confidence to stand up for himself."
• "Nicole Belle, from who I borrowed the long quote above, asks: "What kind of hellacious Kool-aid are they serving down at the Weekly Standard?""
• "Miller was his usual forthright self, saying Tiger Woods was "hellacious" Sunday."