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English Dictionary: infernal	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for infernal
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
infernal adj characteristic of or resembling Hell; "infernal noise"; "infernal punishment" 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" Synonym(s): demonic, diabolic, diabolical, fiendish, hellish, infernal, satanic, unholy 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"; "an infernal nuisance" Synonym(s): blasted, blame, blamed, blessed, damn, damned, darned, deuced, goddam, goddamn, goddamned, infernal of or pertaining to or characteristic of a very uncontrolled and intense fire; "infernal heat" being of the underworld; "infernal regions" Antonym(s): supernal n an inhabitant of Hell; "his roar made the infernals quake"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Infernal \Infer"nal\, a. [F. infernal, L. infernalis, fr. infernus that which lies beneath, the lower. See {Inferior}.] 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. The Elysian fields, the infernal* monarchy. --Garth. 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. The instruments or abettors in such infernal dealings. --Addison. {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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Infernal \Infer"nal\, n. An inhabitant of the infernal* regions; also, the place itself. [Obs.] --Drayton.