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hellacious

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hel·la·cious  (h-lshs)
adj.
1. Distasteful and repellant: hellacious smog.
2. Slang Extraordinary; remarkable: a hellacious catch of fish.

[hell + -acious (as in audacious).]

hellacious [hɛˈleɪʃəs]
adj US slang
1. remarkable; horrifying
2. wonderful; excellent
[from hell + -acious as in audacious]
Translations
hellacious [heˈleɪʃəs] ADJ (US) → infernal
hellacious
adj (US inf)
(= terrible) fighting, car crashhöllisch (inf)
(= wild) partywild
(= excellent) vacationfantastisch, phantastisch


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The team challenges were next, and although Ed suffered a hellacious wipe-out on the cross-country race, Johnny ended up taking out Reynolds, Cole, and Momolu in the high ollie contest, lofting over the equivalent of Billy Pepper in a top hat.
And he starts to seek out smells by doing these crazy, hellacious acts.
To have a political life and to be closeted would be a hellacious experience.
 
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