English dictionary
infernal
adjectivePronunciation
ɪnˈfɜː(ɹ)nəl
Parts of speech
Definitions
adjective
- expletives used informally as intensifiers
adjective
- extremely evil or cruel; expressive of cruelty or befitting hell
adjective
- being of the underworld
adjective
- characteristic of or resembling Hell
adjective
- of or pertaining to or characteristic of a very uncontrolled and intense fire
noun
- an inhabitant of Hell
Example sentences
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
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 regions
infernal noise
infernal punishment
infernal heat
his roar made the infernals quake