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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 crash → höllisch (inf)
(= wild) party → wild
(= excellent) vacation → fantastisch, phantastisch
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