infernal
adjectivenounattested in dialogue
- United Kingdom//ɪnˈfɜː(ɹ)nəl//
- United States//ɪnˈfɝnəl//
Of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish.
adjective
- 1
Of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish.
He proffered a pact to Satan, calling upon the Fiend and working himself into a frenzy - but his infernal majesty failed to respond.
- 2
Of or relating to a fire or inferno.
- 3
Stygian, gloomy.
- 4
Diabolical or fiendish.
Th' infernal Serpent; he it was, whose guile Stird up with Envy and Revenge, deceiv'd The Mother of Mankind
the instruments or abettors in such infernal dealings
- 5
Very annoying; damned.
As I had to put up with the patronage and the lecturings, and the eyeglass of that infernal old woman, […]
When are you ever going to learn to mind your own infernal business?
Etymology
Etymology tree Latin īnferna Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin īnfernālis Old French infernal Middle Frenchbor. English infernal From Middle French infernal, from Medieval Latin infernalis, from Latin īnfernus, from īnferum (“netherworld, underworld, hell”), equivalent to inferno + -al.
noun
- 1
An inhabitant of the infernal regions, a demon.
Forms
- plural
- infernals
- comparative
- more infernal
- superlative
- most infernal
infernal · Of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish.
inferno · A place or situation resembling Hell.infidelity · Unfaithfulness in a marriage or an intimate (sexual or…infiltrate · To surreptitiously penetrate, enter or gain access to.