all-fired

[ awl-fahyuh rd ]

/ ˈɔlˌfaɪərd /

Informal.

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adjective, superlative all-fired·est.

tremendous; extreme; excessive: He had the all-fired gall to quit in the middle of the job.

adverb

Also all-fired·ly

[awl-fahyuh rd-lee, -fahy-rid-] /ˈɔlˌfaɪərd li, -ˌfaɪ rɪd-/. extremely; excessively: Don't be so all-fired sure of yourself.

Nearby words

all-dayer, all-dressed, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-expense, all-fired, all-flying tail, all-important, all-in, all-in wrestling, all-in-one

Origin of all-fired

First recorded in 1825–35; probably euphemism for hell-fired

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Examples from the Web for all-fired

They're all-fired fast, but it's funny how they stop when you tackle them.
Football Days|William H. Edwards
Wal, darn me, but you keep your help in all-fired good order here.
Our American Cousin|Tom Taylor
It's an all-fired outrage to tell any human creature that he's bound to hell.
Moby Dick; or The Whale|Herman Melville
He never says anything and so he seems to be all-fired wise.
Left Tackle Thayer|Ralph Henry Barbour

One of the reasons that I wanted you so badly was that I hated it so here, and it was so all-fired lonely.
The Locusts' Years|Mary Helen Fee

British Dictionary definitions for all-fired

all-fired

/ slang, mainly US /

adjective

(prenominal) excessive; extreme

adverb

(intensifier)don't be so all-fired sure of yourself!

Word Origin for all-fired

altered from hell-fired

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