infernal Definition
in·fer·nal (in fʉr′nəl)
adjective
- of the ancient mythological world of the dead
- of hell
- hellish; diabolic; fiendish; inhuman
- Informal hateful; outrageous
Etymology: OFr < LL infernalis < L infernus, underground, lower, infernal < inferus: see inferior
infernal Related Forms
in·fer′·nally adverb
infernal Synonyms
infernal
modif.
Pertaining to hell
underworld, nether, Stygian, subterranean, chthonian, Hadean, Tartarean, Plutonian. Hellish
damned, devilish, diabolical, fiendish; see damned 1, 2, wicked 1, 2.
infernal Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- machine: Several times he was on the verge of throwing the infernal machine in the bin.
- love: Infernal Love looks set to catapult the trio into Rock history!
- region: Well, that evil thing, like the fabled dog that sits at the gate of the infernal regions, is three-headed.
- engine: Why did VHS ( steam power and then the infernal internal combustion engine ) win?
- thing: Even if I had thrown the infernal thing away, I would have still woke at the same hour.
- spirit: Then she calls on the infernal spirits to raze her enchanted palace to the ground, burying within its ruins her fatal love.
Browse dictionary entries near infernal
- ‹ inferiority complex
- ‹ inferiority
- ‹ inferior
- ‹ inferential
- ‹ inference
- ‹ infer
- ‹ infelicity
- ‹ infelicitous
- ‹ infecund
- ‹ infective
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- inferoanterior ›
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- infertility ›
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- infested ›
- infeudation ›

