Infernal
[ɪn'fɜːn(ə)l]
Definition
(noun.) an inhabitant of Hell; 'his roar made the infernals quake'.
(adj.) being of the underworld; 'infernal regions' .
(adj.) characteristic of or resembling Hell; 'infernal noise'; 'infernal punishment' .
(adj.) of or pertaining to or characteristic of a very uncontrolled and intense fire; 'infernal heat' .
Checker: McDonald--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Of or pertaining to or suitable for the lower regions, inhabited, according to the ancients, by the dead; pertaining to Pluto's realm of the dead, the Tartarus of the ancients.
(a.) Of or pertaining to, resembling, or inhabiting, hell; suitable for hell, or to the character of the inhabitants of hell; hellish; diabolical; as, infernal spirits, or conduct.
(n.) An inhabitant of the infernal regions; also, the place itself.
Typist: Toni
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Hellish, Tartarean, Stygian, of hell.[2]. Diabolical, devilish, demoniacal, fiendish, fiendlike, satanic, atrocious, nefarious, dark, very wicked.
Editor: Luke
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See ANGELIC]
Typist: Serena
Definition
adj. belonging to the lower regions: resembling or suitable to hell devilish: outrageous.—n. Infernal′ity.—adv. Infer′nally.—n. Infer′no (It.) hell the title and the subject of one of the divisions of Dante's great poem La Divina Commedia.—Infernal machine a contrivance made to resemble some ordinary harmless object but charged with a dangerous explosive.
Editor: Ozzie
Examples
- But the climate's so infernal, they don't enjoy it long. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- It is this infernal St. Simon marriage case. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- He opened the dining-room door, and called out angrily to know what that infernal noise meant. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Look at that infernal sly-boots of a Tapeworm, Fipps whispered, examining his chief from the stalls. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I don't mince words--a double-faced infernal traitor and schemer, who meant to have his son-in-law back all along. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Two of your infernal sailors threw me overboard. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Almost as dull as the infernal old jail. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- William, Justine, and Clerval, had died through my infernal machinations; And whose death, cried I, is to finish the tragedy? Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- I'm hanged if I'll stand your airs of superiority and infernal pity and patronage. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- You would kill a poor cat, you infernal coward. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Would I were out of the shade of these infernal bushes, that I might at least see any of St Nicholas's clerks before they spring on my shoulders. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Pitt can't be such an infernal villain as to sell the reversion of the living. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- He is treated from that instant as a man who has done some infernal action. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- If you want to badger me with any more of your infernal scruples, he said, I for one won't hear them. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Mr. George, will you order him to leave his infernal fire-arms alone and go away? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
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