inferno : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: inferno	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for inferno
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
inferno n any place of pain and turmoil; "the hell of battle"; "the inferno of the engine room"; "when you're alone Christmas is the pits"; Synonym(s): hell, hell on earth, hellhole, snake pit, the pits, inferno a very intense and uncontrolled fire Synonym(s): conflagration, inferno (Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment; "Hurl'd headlong...To bottomless perdition, there to dwell"- John Milton; "a demon from the depths of the pit"; "Hell is paved with good intentions"-Dr. Johnson Synonym(s): Hell, perdition, Inferno, infernal region, nether region, pit Antonym(s): Heaven
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Inferno \Infer"no\, n. [It. See {Infernal}.] The infernal regions; hell. Also used fig. At each sudden explosion in the inferno* below they sprang back from the brink [of the volcanic crater]. --D. C. Worcester.