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adjectivehellish; fiendish; diabolical: an infernal plot. extremely troublesome, annoying, etc.; outrageous: an infernal nuisance. of, inhabiting, or befitting hell. Classical Mythology. of or relating to the underworld. Origin of infernal1325–75; Middle English <Late Latin infernālis, equivalent to Latin infern(us) situated below, of the underworld (see inferior) + -ālis-al1 SYNONYMS FOR infernal2 devilish, cursed, monstrous. SEE SYNONYMS FOR infernal ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM infernalin·fer·nal·i·ty, nounin·fer·nal·ly, adverbWords nearby infernalinferior thyroid vein, inferior vein of cerebellar hemisphere, inferior vein of eyelid, inferior vein of vermis, inferior vena cava, infernal, infernal machine, inferno, inferoanterior, infertile, infertility Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for infernalInfernal, it can cause fires and explosions; toxic, it can debilitate, poison, and kill. The Fiery Underground Oil Pit Eating L.A.|Geoff Manaugh|December 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST He called her “a silly chattering windbag, an infernal liar, a conceited, gushing, rump-wagging, blethering ass.” Gertrude of Arabia, the Woman Who Invented Iraq|Clive Irving|June 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST Egypt is eternal, one might say, but its problems are infernal. Egypt’s Arab Spring Gives Way To Spring Of The Patriarch|Christopher Dickey|January 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST That infernal device was much like the ones made from pressure cookers used in Boston. The Story Behind the Bombers|Christopher Dickey, Eli Lake, Daniel Klaidman|April 19, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Of course there will be deranged people who will rejoice in their weird conviction of his eternal and infernal roasting. Christopher Hitchens Is Hailed by Stephen Fry as a Man of Style and Wit|Stephen Fry|December 17, 2011|DAILY BEAST Eleven days were spent in preparation, before the Thirteen, with all their infernal power, could reach the foot of the cliffs. The Duchesse de Langeais|Honore de Balzac She 's an infernal bore, sir,—that I know fully as well as you can inform me; but please to tell me who is n't a bore. The Daltons, Volume II (of II)|Charles James Lever Why, he must himself belong to this infernal society, as she did; that was it, of course. The Red Symbol|John Ironside It was the infernal impertinence of Germany's schemes for transatlantic plunder that roused the average American. Out To Win|Coningsby Dawson There was something very awful, too, in the spectre's being provided with an infernal atmosphere of its own. A Christmas Carol|Charles Dickens
British Dictionary definitions for infernal
adjectiveof or relating to an underworld of the dead deserving hell or befitting its occupants; diabolic; fiendish informal irritating; confounded Derived forms of infernalinfernality, nouninfernally, adverbWord Origin for infernalC14: from Late Latin infernālis, from infernus hell, from Latin (adj): lower, hellish; related to Latin inferus low Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to infernaldemonic, malevolent, hellish, devilish, wicked, lower, accursed, confounded, cursed, damnable, diabolical, execrable, fiendish, malicious, monstrous, nether, satanic, subterranean, blamed, blasted |