Infernal

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  • adjective. undefined
  • adjective. Of or relating to a lower world of the dead.
  • adjective. Of or relating to hell.
  • adjective. Fiendish; diabolical.
  • adjective. Abominable; awful.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Pertaining to the lower regions, or regions of the dead, the Tartarus of the ancients.
  • Pertaining to or resembling hell; inhabiting hell; suitable or appropriate to hell or its inhabitants; hellish; fiendish; diabolical: as, infernal cruelty.
  • Devilish, satanic, fiendlike, nefarious.
  • noun. An inhabitant of hell or of the lower regions.
  • noun. A person or thing of an infernal character in any sense, or of supposed infernal appearance: specifically applied to a fire-ship, torpedo, infernal machine, or the like.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. An inhabitant of the infernal regions; also, the place itself.
  • adjective. 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.
  • adjective. Of or pertaining to, resembling, or inhabiting, hell; suitable for hell, or to the character of the inhabitants of hell; hellish; diabolical.
  • adjective. a machine or apparatus maliciously designed to explode, and destroy life or property.
  • adjective. (lapis infernalis), lunar caustic; formerly so called. The name was also applied to caustic potash.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish.
  • adjective. Of or relating to a fire or inferno.
  • adjective. Stygian, gloomy.
  • adjective. Diabolical or fiendish.
  • adjective. Very annoying; damned.
  • noun. An inhabitant of the infernal regions.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. extremely evil or cruel; expressive of cruelty or befitting hell
  • noun. an inhabitant of Hell
  • adjective. of or pertaining to or characteristic of a very uncontrolled and intense fire
  • adjective. expletives used informally as intensifiers
  • adjective. being of the underworld
  • adjective. characteristic of or resembling Hell
  • Word Usage
    "His experience and training with the Mounted Police made it difficult for him to accept with equal mind what he called the infernal cheek of a bunch of Indians."
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