all-fired

(ôl′fīrd′)adv. Informal Used as an intensive: Don't be so all-fired aggressive.

[Alteration of hell-fired.]

adj (prenominal) excessive; extreme adv (intensifier): don't be so all-fired sure of yourself!. [altered from hell-fired]

all′-fired`

adv. Informal. extremely; excessively: Don't be so all-fired sure of yourself. [1825–35; probably euphemism for hell-fired]

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Adj.	1.	all-fired - extreme; used as an intensifier; "why is he in such an all-fired hurry?"colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speechimmoderate - beyond reasonable limits; "immoderate laughter"; "immoderate spending"
Adv.	1.	all-fired - extremely; "you are bloody right"; "Why are you so all-fired aggressive?"bloody, damnintensifier, intensive - a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies; "`up' in `finished up' is an intensifier"; "`honestly' in `I honestly don't know' is an intensifier"

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