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INFERNAL
blasted, blame, blamed, blessed, damn, damned, darned, deuced, goddam, goddamn, goddamned, infernal
(adjective) expletives used informally as intensifiers; āheās a blasted idiotā; āitās a blamed shameā; āa blame cold winterā; ānot a blessed dimeā; āIāll be damned (or blessed or darned or goddamned) if Iāll do any such thingā; āheās a damn (or goddam or goddamned) foolā; āa deuced idiotā; āan infernal nuisanceā
demonic, diabolic, diabolical, fiendish, hellish, infernal, satanic, unholy
(adjective) extremely evil or cruel; expressive of cruelty or befitting hell; āsomething demonic in him--something that could be cruelā; āfires lit up a diabolic sceneā; ādiabolical sorcerers under the influence of devilsā; āa fiendish despotā; āhellish tortureā; āinfernal instruments of warā; āsatanic crueltyā; āunholy grimacesā
infernal
(adjective) being of the underworld; āinfernal regionsā
infernal
(adjective) characteristic of or resembling Hell; āinfernal noiseā; āinfernal punishmentā
infernal
(adjective) of or pertaining to or characteristic of a very uncontrolled and intense fire; āinfernal heatā
infernal
(noun) an inhabitant of Hell; āhis roar made the infernals quakeā
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
infernal (comparative more infernal, superlative most infernal)
Of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish.
(by extension) Of or relating to a fire or inferno.
Stygian, gloomy.
Diabolical or fiendish.
(as an expletive, not vulgar) Very annoying; damned.
Antonyms
• (of or relating to hell): heavenly
• (of or relating to hell, underworld or fire): celestial
Noun
infernal (plural infernals)
(obsolete) An inhabitant of the infernal regions.
Source: Wiktionary
In*fer"nal, a. Etym: [F. infernal, L. infernalis, fr. infernus that which lies beneath, the lower. See Inferior.]
1. Of or pertaining to or suitable for the lower regions, inhabited, according to the ancients, by the dead; pertaining to Pluto's realm of the dead, the Tartarus of the ancients. The Elysian fields, the infernal monarchy. Garth.
2. Of or pertaining to, resembling, or inhabiting, hell; suitable for hell, or to the character of the inhabitants of hell; hellish; diabolical; as, infernal spirits, or conduct. The instruments or abettors in such infernal dealings. Addison. Infernal machine, a machine or apparatus maliciously designed to explode, and destroy life or property.
– Infernal stone (lapis infernalis), lunar caustic; formerly so called. The name was also applied to caustic potash.
Syn.
– Tartarean; Stygian; hellish; devilish; diabolical; satanic; fiendish; malicious.
In*fer"nal, n.
Definition: An inhabitant of the infernal regions; also, the place itself. [Obs.] Drayton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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