Infernal

Quick meaning: Infernal is an adjective meaning Of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish.

Meaning

Of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish.

More Meanings

1. (by extension) Of or relating to a fire or inferno.
2. Stygian, gloomy.
3. Diabolical or fiendish.
4. (as an expletive) Very annoying; damned.
5. An inhabitant of the infernal regions, a demon.

Example Sentences

the instruments or abettors in such infernal dealings

When are you ever going to learn to mind your own infernal business?

As I had to put up with the patronage and the lecturings, and the eyeglass of that infernal old woman, […]

Th' infernal Serpent; he it was, whose guile Stird up with Envy and Revenge, deceiv'd The Mother of Mankind

Word Forms

• infernall
• infernals

Synonyms for infernal

Depending on context, synonyms include hellish, helly, Plutonic, stygian, subtartarean, fiery.

Antonyms for infernal

Common opposites include celestial, heavenlike, heavenly, supernal.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include diabolic, demonic, satanic, fiendish, chthonian, stygian.

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