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Synonyms

all-fired

American  
[awl-fahyuhrd] / ˈɔlˌfaɪərd /

adjective

superlative

all-firedest

  1. tremendous; extreme; excessive.

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

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!
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Etymology

Origin of all-fired

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

Example Sentences

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It was Albert, not Victoria, who was so all-fired prim and proper that the term Victorian was saddled on her era as a synonym for Puritan rigidity.

From Time Magazine Archive

Appalachian cabins never gleamed so spiffily as at Dolly Parton's new Dollywood in Pigeon Forge, Tenn. Country music rarely sounded so all-fired wholesome as it does at Nashville's Opryland.

From Time Magazine Archive

And thank heavens for Irene Saltz, without whose all-fired energy Tarbox would never have achieved such an effective League of Women Voters or Fair Housing Group.

From Time Magazine Archive

“Well, yes, I do, but ye don’t hev to be in sech a all-fired hurry. I want ye to tell me somethin’.

From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt

I spun around to find out who she was so all-fired happy to see.

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney

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