hell-fired

American  

[hel-fahyuhrd] / ˈhɛlˈfaɪərd /

adjective

Chiefly Midland and Southern U.S.

1. all-fired.

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Etymology

Origin of hell-fired

First recorded in 1705–15

Example Sentences

It sure gets you—eighteen shows a day and this hell-fired heat.”

From Project Gutenberg

Since he became pastor in 1936, Adams has more than doubled its membership, introduced a quiet, conversational type of preaching that breaks over hell-fired Southern Baptists like a cool breeze.

From Time Magazine Archive

I don't usually go a-firin' for trout this late o' night, but the truth is that between the hell-fired skeeters and the gals havin' beaux there wasn't much for me to enjoy at home.

From Project Gutenberg

“That hell-fired pup o’ your’n took a holt on me first,” Zeke protested wrathfully, forgetful of his reconciliation with the dog.

From Project Gutenberg

When people come to this house with the ordinary appetites of gentlemen, I charge them a dollar and thirty cents for what I furnished you; but when a man brings a hell-fired Famine here that gorges a barrel of pork and four barrels of beans at two sittings—" Sage broke in, in a voice that was eloquent with remorse and self-reproach, "I never thought of that, and I ask your pardon; I am ashamed of myself and of my friend.

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