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Meaning of 'infernal' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Infernal [ a.]
- 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.
- 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.
2 . Infernal [ n.]
- An inhabitant of the infernal regions; also, the place itself.

Meaning of 'infernal' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . infernal [ n]
Meaning (1):
- an inhabitant of Hell
Example in sentence:
  • his roar made the infernals quake
2 . infernal [ a]
Meaning (2):
- of or pertaining to or characteristic of a very uncontrolled and intense fire
Example in sentence:
  • infernal heat
Meaning (3):
- characteristic of or resembling Hell
Example in sentence:
  • infernal noise;
  • infernal punishment
Meaning (4):
- being of the underworld
Example in sentence:
  • infernal regions
5 . infernal [ s]
Meaning (5):
- expletives used informally as intensifiers
Example in sentence:
  • a blame cold winter;
  • a deuced idiot;
  • an infernal nuisance;
  • he's a blasted idiot;
  • he's a damn (or goddam or goddamned) fool;
  • I'll be damned (or blessed or darned or goddamned) if I'll do any such thing;
  • it's a blamed shame;
  • not a blessed dime
Meaning (6):
- extremely evil or cruel; expressive of cruelty or befitting hell
Example in sentence:
  • a fiendish despot;
  • diabolical sorcerers under the influence of devils;
  • fires lit up a diabolic scene;
  • hellish torture;
  • infernal instruments of war;
  • satanic cruelty;
  • something demonic in him--something that could be cruel;
  • unholy grimaces

Nearby Words:

infabricated infallibilist infallibility infallible infallibleness infallibly infame infamies infamize infamized

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