infernal
adj/ɪnˈfɜː(ɹ)nəl/UK/ɪnˈfɝnəl/US
Etymology
From Middle French infernal, from Medieval Latin infernalis, from Latin īnfernus, from īnferum (“netherworld, underworld, hell”), equivalent to inferno + -al.
- derived from infernalis
- borrowed from infernal
Definitions
Of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead
Of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish.
- He proffered a pact to Satan, calling upon the Fiend and working himself into a frenzy - but his infernal majesty failed to respond.
Of or relating to a fire or inferno.
Stygian, gloomy.
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Diabolical or fiendish.
- Th' infernal Serpent; he it was, whose guile Stird up with Envy and Revenge, deceiv'd The Mother of Mankind
- the instruments or abettors in such infernal dealings
Very annoying
Very annoying; damned.
- As I had to put up with the patronage and the lecturings, and the eyeglass of that infernal old woman, […]
- When are you ever going to learn to mind your own infernal business?
An inhabitant of the infernal regions, a demon.
The neighborhood
- synonymAcherontic
- synonyminfernal
- synonymHadean
- synonymhellish
- synonymhelly
- synonymPlutonic
- synonymPlutonian
- synonymstygian
- synonymsubtartarean
- synonymTartarean
- antonymcelestial
- antonymheavenlike
- antonymheavenly
- neighborinferno
- neighbordiabolical
- neighborhellborn
- neighborpurgatorial
- neighborgodforsaken
- neighborsinful
- neighborsinny
- neighborunholy
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA