infernal

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11
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14
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ɪnˈfɜː(ɹ)nəl/ (UK)
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/ɪnˈfɜː(ɹ)nəl/ (UK) · /ɪnˈfɝnəl/ (US)

Definition of infernal

6 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish.
    “He proffered a pact to Satan, calling upon the Fiend and working himself into a frenzy - but his infernal majesty failed to respond.”
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adj

  1. Of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish.
    “He proffered a pact to Satan, calling upon the Fiend and working himself into a frenzy - but his infernal majesty failed to respond.”
  2. (broadly)Of or relating to a fire or inferno.
  3. Stygian, gloomy.
  4. Diabolical or fiendish.
    “Th' infernal Serpent; he it was, whose guile Stird up with Envy and Revenge, deceiv'd The Mother of Mankind”
    “the instruments or abettors in such infernal dealings”
  5. Very annoying; damned.
    “As I had to put up with the patronage and the lecturings, and the eyeglass of that infernal old woman, […]”
    “When are you ever going to learn to mind your own infernal business?”

noun

  1. An inhabitant of the infernal regions, a demon.

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Etymology

From Middle French infernal, from Medieval Latin infernalis, from Latin īnfernus, from īnferum (“netherworld, underworld, hell”), equivalent to inferno + -al.

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