1. Characteristic of or resembling Hell
   "infernal noise"; "infernal punishment" 
2. Extremely evil or cruel; expressive of cruelty or befitting hell
   "infernal instruments of war"
   - demonic, diabolic, diabolical, fiendish, hellish, satanic, unholy 
3. Expletives used informally as intensifiers
   "an infernal nuisance"
   - blasted, blame, blamed, blessed, damn, damned, darned, deuced, goddam, goddamn, goddamned, doggone [N. Amer] 
4. Of or pertaining to or characteristic of a very uncontrolled and intense fire
   "infernal heat" 
5. Being of the underworld
   "infernal regions"

1. An inhabitant of Hell
   "his roar made the infernals quake"

Derived forms: infernals

See also: chthonian, chthonic, cursed, curst, evil, Hadean, infernally, Inferno, nether, Plutonian, Stygian, Tartarean

Type of: dead person, dead soul, deceased, deceased person, decedent [US], departed

Antonym: supernal

Encyclopedia: Infernal

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