Meanings
comparative more hellsome · superlative most hellsome · alternative hell-some
- Marked by hell or hellishness
Ab'nisha, the leader of the hellsome pack, knew this bindi.
2014, Armani Mondragón, Evolving1 more example
At last he said, " As I'm the darned idiot that's going to sottle on these two hellsome ranches to please you, and as you're the gaudy spark wot's clarin' west to hide your sorrer in the busy hants of men, I guess the actual cause of your pal's death ain't no funeral o' mine.
1903, William Reginald Hodder, The Doubling of Joseph Brereton
comparative more hellsome · superlative most hellsome · alternative hell-some
- informalnonstandardIn a hellsome manner; hellishly
Like an awful alligator / Breathing fire and screeching hell-some, / With a pack of hounds.
2015, Charles Godfrey Leland, Songs of the Sea and Lays of the Land
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