infernal
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infernal
- /ɪnˈfɜː(ɹ)nəl/ UK
- /ɪnˈfɝnəl/ US
Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)nəl
Where it comes from
From Middle French infernal, from Medieval Latin infernalis, from Latin īnfernus, from īnferum (“netherworld, underworld, hell”), equivalent to inferno + -al.
adjective more infernal · most infernal · infernall
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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.
Similar: hellish, helly, stygian · Opposite: celestial, heavenly
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Of or relating to a fire or inferno.
Similar: fiery
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Stygian, gloomy.
Similar: cimmerian, dusky, tenebrous, adumbral, blear, caliginous, crepuscular, dark, darksome, darkling, dim, dimpsy
- Diabolical or fiendish. Th' infernal Serpent; he it was, whose guile Stird up with Envy and Revenge, deceiv'd The Mother of Mankind
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Very annoying; damned.
As I had to put up with the patronage and the lecturings, and the eyeglass of that infernal old woman, […]
Similar: blessed, bloody, 4ucking, accursed, bally, blasted, bleeding, bleeping, blimming, blinking, blooming, confounded
Similar: Acherontic, infernal, Hadean, hellish, helly, Plutonic, Plutonian, stygian, subtartarean, Tartarean · Opposite: celestial, heavenlike, heavenly
noun infernals · infernall
- An inhabitant of the infernal regions, a demon.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: hadean, diabolic, demonic, satanic, fiendish, chthonian, plutonian, stygian, blessed, tartarean, wicked, lower, diabolical, curst, nether, goddam
adjective
Similar: Acherontic, infernal, Hadean, hellish, helly, Plutonic, Plutonian, stygian, subtartarean, Tartarean · Opposite: celestial, heavenlike, heavenly
Translations
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adj of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish
| Español | infernal |
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| Português | infernal |
| Français | infernal |
| Deutsch | höllisch, infernalisch |
| Italiano | infernale |
| Ελληνικά | καταχθόνιος katachthónios |
| Română | infernal |
| Русский | а́дский ádskij, а́довый ádovyj |
| العربية | جَحِيمِيّ jaḥīmiyy, جَهَنَّمِيّ jahannamiyy |
adj diabolical or fiendish
| Русский | чёртовый čórtovyj |
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adj UK, as an expletive: very annoying; damned
| Русский | прокля́тый prokljátyj |
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Talk about this word "infernal." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/infernal. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. infernal. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/infernal "infernal." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/infernal.Cite this
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title = {infernal},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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