Infernal Definition

ĭn-fûrnəl
adjective
Of the ancient mythological world of the dead.
Webster's New World
Of hell.
Webster's New World
Hellish; diabolic; fiendish; inhuman.
Webster's New World
Hateful; outrageous.
Webster's New World

Stygian, gloomy.

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noun

(obsolete) An inhabitant of the infernal regions.

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Other Word Forms of Infernal

Noun

Singular:
infernal
Plural:
infernals

Origin of Infernal

  • Middle English from Old French from Late Latin īnfernālis from īnfernus hell from Latin lower, underground n̥dher- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Middle French infernal, from Latin infernālis, from infernus (“below, subterranean”).

    From Wiktionary

Infernal Sentence Examples

  • The programme was carried out by the so-called "infernal columns."

  • It is also the name of a river in the infernal regions.

  • The lake of Avernus, as an entrance to the infernal regions, was sacred to her.

  • She reached out and put her hand over the ring, stopping its infernal winking.

  • In February 1884 there was a plot to blow up four London railway stations by means of clockwork infernal machines containing dynamite, brought from America.

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Words Starting With

IININF

Words Ending With

LALNAL

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