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 Definitions of Infernal  [ɪnˈfɜr nl]  

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Definition of 'Infernal' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) infernal
hellish; fiendish; diabolical:
an infernal plot.

2.  infernal
extremely troublesome, annoying, etc.; outrageous:
an infernal nuisance.

3.  infernal
of, inhabiting, or befitting hell or the underworld.

Etymology:  (1325–75; ME < LL infernālis < L infern(us) situated below, of the underworld)

Definition of 'Infernal' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) infernal
an inhabitant of Hell
"his roar made the infernals quake"

2. (adj) infernal
characteristic of or resembling Hell
"infernal noise"; "infernal punishment"

3. (adj) demonic, diabolic, diabolical, fiendish, hellish, infernal, satanic, unholy
extremely evil or cruel; expressive of cruelty or befitting hell
"something demonic in him--something that could be cruel"; "fires lit up a diabolic scene"; "diabolical sorcerers under the influence of devils"; "a fiendish despot"; "hellish torture"; "infernal instruments of war"; "satanic cruelty"; "unholy grimaces"

4. (adj) blasted, blame, blamed, blessed, damn, damned, darned, deuced, goddam, goddamn, goddamned, infernal
expletives used informally as intensifiers
"he's a blasted idiot"; "it's a blamed shame"; "a blame cold winter"; "not a blessed dime"; "I'll be damned (or blessed or darned or goddamned) if I'll do any such thing"; "he's a damn (or goddam or goddamned) fool"; "a deuced idiot"; "an infernal nuisance"

5. (adj) infernal
of or pertaining to or characteristic of a very uncontrolled and intense fire
"infernal heat"

6. (adj) infernal
being of the underworld
"infernal regions"


Definition of 'Infernal' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) Infernal
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

2. (adj) Infernal
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

3. (noun) Infernal
an inhabitant of the infernal regions; also, the place itself



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