Meaning

1 senses
  1. (colloquial, not comparable, vulgar)Intensifier; indicates that someone or something is especially good, bad, difficult, etc.

    Well done! That's a hell of an achievement!

    She had a hell of a time trying to open the jar. In the end she gave up: it was one hell of a cover.

Examples

55 sentences
  1. It's a hell of a start.

  2. It's a hell of a story.

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  3. That's a hell of a project.

    deDas ist ein Wahnsinnsprojekt.

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  4. You're one hell of a bitch.

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  5. That is a hell of a thing.

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Translations

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Word family

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