infernal
hellish; fiendish; diabolical: an infernal plot.
extremely troublesome, annoying, etc.; atrocious: an infernal nuisance.
of, inhabiting, or befitting hell.
Classical Mythology. of or relating to the underworld.
Origin of infernal
1Other words for infernal
Other words from infernal
- in·fer·nal·i·ty, noun
- in·fer·nal·ly, adverb
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How to use infernal in a sentence
And he was so infernally insistent about it, that she was forced to pull up and get away from the post in self-defense.
Raw Gold | Bertrand W. SinclairThe time passed infernally slowly for men waiting to test a hopeless hazard.
A Virginia Scout | Hugh PendexterThe consolation lay in the probability that such infernally bad soldiers would have made jurors quite as infernally bad.
The Lieutenant-Governor | Guy Wetmore CarrylYou're a brick to join me in this sort of life, and I'm afraid I'm an infernally bad host.
The Riddle of the Sands | Erskine ChildersI suppose they know their own business best, but they do seem most infernally slow in getting under weigh.
The History of Sir Richard Calmady | Lucas Malet
British Dictionary definitions for infernal
/ (ɪnˈfɜːnəl) /
of or relating to an underworld of the dead
deserving hell or befitting its occupants; diabolic; fiendish
informal irritating; confounded
Origin of infernal
1Derived forms of infernal
- infernality, noun
- infernally, adverb
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