frightful vs hellacious

frightful

adj
  • Genuinely horrific, awful, or alarming. 

  • Unpleasant, dreadful, awful (also used as an intensifier). 

adv
  • Frightfully; very. 

hellacious

adj
  • horrible, awful, hellish, agonizing 

  • nasty, repellent. 

  • Remarkable, unbelievable, unusual. 

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