hell of a

idiom

informal + somewhat impolite

1

—used to make a statement more forceful

It was one hell of a good fight.

He is one hell of a nice guy.

2

: very good

She's a hell of a player.

3

: very bad or difficult

We've been having a hell of a time trying to finish on schedule.

This is a hell of a mess we're in.

Examples of hell of a in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But given the billion-dollar stakes and power of the AI industry, Mickey is going to need one hell of a gambit to come out on top (or even alive). —Maureen Lee Lenker Published, EW.com, 26 June 2025

And honest to God, Clive Davis hasn’t really been livin’ a hell of a lot of blues. —Timothy Crouse, Rolling Stone, 9 June 2025

It’s been a hell of a run for INEOS and Sir Jim Ratcliffe, who took over a football club sixth in the Premier League and have currently rooted them in 15th. —Tim Spiers, New York Times, 30 May 2025

Oz’s mother, Francis Cobb, is partly inspired by my late Grandmother Ofelia – a resilient, stubborn, single mother who came to the United States with little money, but a hell of a lot of ambition. —Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 28 May 2025

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