Found 2 items, similar to infernal.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: infernal
infernal
n : an inhabitant of hell;
“his roar made the infernals quake”
infernal
adj 1: characteristic of or resembling hell;
“infernal heat and
noise”
2: extremely evil or cruel; expressive of cruelty or befitting
hell;
“something demonic in him--something that could be
cruel”;
“fires lit up a diabolic scene”;
“diabolical
sorcerers under the influence of devils”;
“a fiendish
despot”;
“hellish torture”;
“infernal instruments of war”;
“satanic cruelty”;
“unholy grimaces” [syn:
demonic,
diabolic,
diabolical,
fiendish,
hellish,
satanic,
unholy]
3: expletives used informally as intensifiers;
“he's a blasted
idiot”;
“it's a blamed shame”;
“a blame cold winter”;
“not
a blessed dime”;
“I'll be damned (or blessed or darned or
goddamned) if I'll do any such thing”;
“he's a damn (or
goddam or goddamned) fool”;
“a deuced idiot”;
“tired or
his everlasting whimpering”;
“an infernal nuisance” [syn:
blasted,
blame,
blamed,
blessed,
damn,
damned,
darned,
deuced,
everlasting,
goddam,
goddamn,
goddamned]
4: relating to or inhabiting hell;
“his infernal majesty”;
“infernal fires”;
“infernal punishments”
5: being of a lower world of the dead;
“infernal regions” [ant:
supernal]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Infernal
Infernal
\In*fer"nal\, a. [F. infernal, L. infernalis, fr.
infernus that which lies beneath, the lower. See
Inferior.]
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1. 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.
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The Elysian fields, the infernal monarchy. --Garth.
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2. 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.
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The instruments or abettors in such infernal
dealings. --Addison.
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Infernal machine, a machine or apparatus maliciously
designed to explode, and destroy life or property.
Infernal stone (
lapis infernalis), lunar caustic;
formerly so called. The name was also applied to caustic
potash.
Syn: Tartarean; Stygian; hellish; devilish; diabolical;
satanic; fiendish; malicious.
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Infernal
\In*fer"nal\, n.
An inhabitant of the infernal regions; also, the place
itself. [Obs.] --Drayton.
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