infernal en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ɪnˈfɜː(ɹ)nəl/ (UK)
- /ɪnˈfɝnəl/ (US)
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
Etymology tree Latin īnferna Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin īnfernālis Old French infernal Middle Frenchbor. English infernal From Middle French infernal, from Medieval Latin infernalis, from Latin īnfernus, from īnferum (“netherworld, underworld, hell”), equivalent to inferno + -al.
Meanings
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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.
1965, Attila Zohar, Kings Cross Black Magic, Sydney: Horwitz Publications, page 119:
- (broadly) Of or relating to a fire or inferno.
- Stygian, gloomy.
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Diabolical or fiendish.
Th' infernal Serpent; he it was, whose guile Stird up with Envy and Revenge, deceiv'd The Mother of Mankind
1674, John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book I, lines 34–36:the instruments or abettors in such infernal dealings
1711 December 18 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison; Richard Steele et al.], “FRIDAY, December 8, 1711”, in The Spectator, number 244; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New Edition, […], volume III, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton & Company, 1853, →OCLC:
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(as an expletive) Very annoying; damned.
When are you ever going to learn to mind your own infernal business?
1982, Sharon Green, The Warrior Within, page 10:As I had to put up with the patronage and the lecturings, and the eyeglass of that infernal old woman, […]
1905, Bram Stoker, The Man:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most infernal | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more infernal | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| infernall | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic |
Antonyms
celestial · celestial · heavenly · heavenly · heavenlike
Deriveds
infernality · infernal stone · infernalist · infernal machine · infernally · infernalism · infernal device
Hypernyms
Relateds
purgatorial · sinny · inferno · sinful · hellborn · diabolical · godforsaken
Synonyms
blessed · fuliginous · hellish · stinking · cimmerian · damned · deuced · caliginous · goddamn · dingy · darksome · infernal · helly · sniggered · dark · tenebrous · goshdarned · bally · mollyfogging · damnable · adumbral · Plutonian · ruddy · cowson · blessed · sodding · dang · fecking · blinking · Hadean · cursed · fudging · obscure · somber · furshlugginer · raasclaat · doggone · fucking · tenebrous · twilightish · dagnabbed · dim · confounded · freaking · stygian · hellish · helly · stygian · bleeping · consarned · dusky · damblasted · Tartarean · godforsaken · lightless · goddamned · bloody · darkling · umbrageous · blooming · goddam · goldurn · goddarned · shady · dadgum · dadburn · fugging · Acherontic · cimmerian · 4ucking · holy · gormed · gloomy · ever-loving · unilluminated · effing · infernal · murky · bleeding · mirksome · leaden · darned · fricking · blasted · dimpsy · infernal · blimming · subtartarean · sombrous · darn · tenebrose · swarthy · pissing · frigging · stygian · bloody · danged · hecking · sunless · jiggered · accursed · flaming · plain · living · dratted · dull · dashed · crepuscular · damn · fiery · dusky · blear · motherfucking · murksome · Plutonic · cotton-picking · goshdarn · flipping · precious
Translations (53)
mk адски (of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish) · fr infernal (of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish) · ru а́довый (of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish) · fi pirullinen (diabolical or fiendish) · sk pekelný (of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish) · sv infernalisk (diabolical or fiendish) · bg пъ́клен (of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish) · nl infernaal (by extension: of or relating to a great fire or inferno) · be пяке́льны (of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish) · hy դժոխային (of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish) · sl peklenski (of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish) · ca infernal (of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish) · pt infernal (of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish) · pl diabelski (diabolical or fiendish) · nl hels (of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish) · nl hels (UK, as an expletive: very annoying; damned) · nl infernaal (UK, as an expletive: very annoying; damned) · sa नारक (of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish) · pl piekielny (of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish) · cs pekelný (of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish) · ru чёртовый (diabolical or fiendish) · ru а́дский (of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish) · bg дя́волски (diabolical or fiendish) · ur جَہَنَّمی (of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish) · nl duivels (diabolical or fiendish) · eo infera (of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish) · ar جَحِيمِيّ (of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish) · de infernalisch (of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish) · ro infernal (of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish) · id bedebah (diabolical or fiendish) · es infernal (of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish) · mk пеколен (of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish) · el καταχθόνιος (of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish) · it infernale (of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish) · ru прокля́тый (UK, as an expletive: very annoying; damned) · fi helvetillinen (of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish) · id bedebah (of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish) · nrf înfèrna (of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish) · bg а́дски (of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish) · bg прокле́т (UK, as an expletive: very annoying; damned) · sh pàklen (of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish) · ar جَهَنَّمِيّ (of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish) · nl infernaal (of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish) · nl hels (diabolical or fiendish) · fro infernal (of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish) · sv helvetisk (of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish) · sh па̀клен (of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish) · grc χθόνιος (of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish) · id bedebah (UK, as an expletive: very annoying; damned) · de höllisch (of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish) · nl infernaal (diabolical or fiendish) · la infernus (of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish) · uk пеке́льний (of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish)