Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hellsome

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hell-some
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Marked by hell or hellishness

adv

In a hellsome manner; hellishly

Informal

Example Sentences

"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."
"Ab'nisha, the leader of the hellsome pack, knew this bindi."
"Like an awful alligator / Breathing fire and screeching hell-some, / With a pack of hounds."

Etymology

From hell + -some.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: hell

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

more hellsome (comparative) most hellsome (superlative) hell-some (alternative)

Questions

What does hellsome mean?: Marked by hell or hellishness
Where does hellsome come from?: From hell + -some.

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