all-fired

American  

[awl-fahy^uhrd] / ˈɔlˌfaɪərd /

adjective

superlative

all-firedest

1. tremendous; extreme; excessive.

   He had the all-fired gall to quit in the middle of the job.

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adverb

1. Also all-firedly extremely; excessively.

   Don't be so all-fired sure of yourself.

all-fired British  

adjective

1. (prenominal) excessive; extreme

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adverb

1. (intensifier)

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

Etymology

Origin of all-fired

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

Example Sentences

Then most of the adults started to gather around the cleared tables and I went over to the deserted horseshoe pits to see what was so all-fired important about throwing horseshoes.

From Literature

And I don't mind telling you, too, that she had been making me have considerable of a hard time of it, too; and there warn't no way of contenting her, she was so all-fired pernicketty.

From Project Gutenberg

But there," he added, after a moment, "I expect it seems kind of all-fired lonesome to a city man, don't it now?

From Project Gutenberg

Well, only last week his chickens got so all-fired hungry that they went out on the trail and tried to hold up a bull-train to get some corn.

From Project Gutenberg

I may not be so all-fired smart as you think you are, but I ain't quite a fool.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• darned
• lousy