infernal 音标拼音: [ɪnf'ɚnəl]
a . 阴间的,恶魔的
阴间的,恶魔的
infernal adj 1 :
characteristic of or resembling Hell ; "
infernal noise ";
"
infernal punishment "
2 :
extremely evil or cruel ;
expressive of cruelty or befitting hell ; "
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 instruments of war ";
"
satanic cruelty "; "
unholy grimaces " [
synonym : {
demonic },
{
diabolic }, {
diabolical }, {
fiendish }, {
hellish }, {
infernal },
{
satanic }, {
unholy }]
3 :
expletives used informally as intensifiers ; "
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 "; "
he '
s a damn (
or goddam or goddamned )
fool "; "
a deuced idiot "; "
an infernal nuisance " [
synonym : {
blasted }, {
blame }, {
blamed }, {
blessed },
{
damn }, {
damned }, {
darned }, {
deuced }, {
goddam }, {
goddamn },
{
goddamned }, {
infernal }]
4 :
of or pertaining to or characteristic of a very uncontrolled and intense fire ; "
infernal heat "
5 :
being of the underworld ; "
infernal regions " [
ant : {
supernal }]
n 1 :
an inhabitant of Hell ; "
his roar made the infernals quake "
Infernal \
In *
fer "
nal \,
n .
An inhabitant of the infernal regions ;
also ,
the place itself . [
Obs .] --
Drayton .
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Infernal \
In *
fer "
nal \,
a . [
F .
infernal ,
L .
infernalis ,
fr .
infernus that which lies beneath ,
the lower .
See {
Inferior }.]
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1 .
Of or pertaining to or suitable for the lower regions ,
inhabited ,
according to the ancients ,
by the dead ;
pertaining to Pluto '
s realm of the dead ,
the Tartarus of the ancients .
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The Elysian fields ,
the infernal monarchy . --
Garth .
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2 .
Of or pertaining to ,
resembling ,
or inhabiting ,
hell ;
suitable for hell ,
or to the character of the inhabitants of hell ;
hellish ;
diabolical ;
as ,
infernal spirits ,
or conduct .
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The instruments or abettors in such infernal dealings . --
Addison .
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{
Infernal machine },
a machine or apparatus maliciously designed to explode ,
and destroy life or property .
{
Infernal stone } ({
lapis infernalis }),
lunar caustic ;
formerly so called .
The name was also applied to caustic potash .
Syn :
Tartarean ;
Stygian ;
hellish ;
devilish ;
diabolical ;
satanic ;
fiendish ;
malicious .
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100 Moby Thesaurus words for "
infernal ":
Acherontic ,
Draconian ,
Hadean ,
Lethean ,
Mephistophelian ,
Plutonian ,
Plutonic ,
Stygian ,
Tartarean ,
absolute ,
animal ,
anthropophagous ,
atrocious ,
barbaric ,
barbarous ,
beastly ,
bestial ,
blamed ,
blasted ,
blessed ,
bloodthirsty ,
bloody ,
bloody -
minded ,
brutal ,
brutalized ,
brute ,
brutish ,
cannibalistic ,
chthonian ,
chthonic ,
cimmerian ,
confounded ,
cruel ,
cruel -
hearted ,
cursed ,
cussed ,
damnable ,
damned ,
demoniac ,
demoniacal ,
demonic ,
demonical ,
devilish ,
diabolic ,
diabolical ,
dire ,
downright ,
dreadful ,
evil ,
execrable ,
fell ,
feral ,
ferocious ,
fiendish ,
fiendlike ,
fierce ,
flagitious ,
ghoulish ,
heinous ,
hellborn ,
hellish ,
inhuman ,
inhumane ,
iniquitous ,
maleficent ,
malevolent ,
malicious ,
murderous ,
nether ,
out -
and -
out ,
outright ,
pandemoniac ,
pandemonic ,
plutonian ,
plutonic ,
purgatorial ,
ruthless ,
sadistic ,
sanguinary ,
sanguineous ,
satanic ,
savage ,
sharkish ,
sinister ,
slavering ,
straight -
out ,
stygian ,
subhuman ,
sulfurous ,
thoroughgoing ,
truculent ,
unchristian ,
uncivilized ,
underworld ,
ungodly ,
unhuman ,
vicious ,
villainous ,
wicked ,
wolfish
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INFERNAL Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster The meaning of INFERNAL is of or relating to a nether world of the dead How to use infernal in a sentence
INFERNAL | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary INFERNAL definition: 1 very bad or unpleasant: 2 having the qualities of hell (= the place where some people believe… Learn more
Infernal - definition of infernal by . . . - The Free Dictionary Of or relating to a lower world of the dead b Of or relating to hell: infernal punishments; infernal powers 2 Fiendish; diabolical: infernal instruments of war 3 Abominable; awful: the infernal racket of the jackhammers
infernal - Wiktionary, the free dictionary infernal (comparative more infernal, superlative most infernal) Of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish (by extension) Of or relating to a fire or inferno Stygian, gloomy Diabolical or fiendish
INFERNAL Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com of, inhabiting, or befitting hell Classical Mythology of or relating to the underworld informal “Collins English Dictionary — Complete Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons Co Ltd 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Examples have not been reviewed
infernal adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and . . . Definition of infernal adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more
infernal, adj. n. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford . . . What does the word infernal mean? There are 11 meanings listed in OED's entry for the word infernal , three of which are labelled obsolete See ‘Meaning use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence