hellacious
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Synonyms & Antonyms for hellacious
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acute, almighty, blistering, deep, dreadful, excruciating, explosive, exquisite, fearful, fearsome, ferocious, fierce, frightful, furious, ghastly, hard, heavy, heavy-duty, intense, intensive, keen, profound, terrible, vehement, vicious, violent
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The condition can make for a hellacious existence, even though during our recent two-hour phone conversation Hawkins was warm, generous and jovial. — Matt Wake | [email protected], al, "Swampers drum legend’s hot beats and cold winter," 7 Aug. 2019 There are stabbings, electrocutions and one hellacious fall out a window in the first movie, but that’s, well, child’s play compared to what Hamill’s Chucky unleashes. — Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, "Who's scarier in 'Child's Play': The original Chucky or Mark Hamill's devil doll?," 20 June 2019 Even just buying a home, no reno needed, can be hellacious. — Taylor Mead, House Beautiful, "This House-Flipping Startup Eliminates The Most Stressful Part Of Buying A Home," 21 Sep. 2018 During that hellacious stretch, Ye also executive-produced Nas' new album, Nasir. — Carl Lamarre, Billboard, "Is Chance the Rapper Working on a Seven-Track Album With Kanye West?," 28 June 2018 Strait served up his hellacious hooks in a voice as clear and strong as Jose Cuervo Silver. — Doug Maccash, NOLA.com, "George Strait closes out Bayou County Superfest with class," 28 May 2018 And this particular stretch, covering a shade under three minutes on the game clock, was one hellacious show. — Bruce Jenkins, San Francisco Chronicle, "Curry’s big night was one for the books," 20 May 2018 There are the hellacious bus rides and south-of-the-border escapades of his minor league years. — Keith Hernandez, Fox News, "'I'm Keith Hernandez' by Keith Hernandez," 16 May 2018 Adel scored all but four of his points after the break, and Darius Perry put an exclamation point on the rally with a hellacious one-handed dunk over a Northern Kentucky defender. — Jeff Greer, The Courier-Journal, "Louisville basketball turns back feisty Northern Kentucky in NIT opener," 13 Mar. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'hellacious.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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