infernal

Meaning of infernal

adjective
  1. relating to or characteristic of hell or the underworld.
    the infernal regions
    the infernal heat of the forge
  2. irritating and tiresome (used for emphasis).
    you're an infernal nuisance

late Middle English: from Old French, from Christian Latin infernalis, from Latin infernus ‘below, underground’, used by Christians to mean ‘hell’, on the pattern of inferni (masculine plural) ‘the shades’ and inferna (neuter plural) ‘the lower regions’.

Information about infernal

Hyphenation of infernal

in-fer-nal

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 8 chars.
  • infernal is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

infernal synonyms

Meaning region:

region

Meaning demonic:

demonic, diabolic, diabolical, fiendish, hellish, satanic, unholy

Meaning blasted:

blasted, blame, blamed, blessed, damn, damned, darned, deuced, goddam, goddamn, goddamned

Meaning less high in position:

lower

Meaning lower in position:

nether

Meaning existing, occurring, or done under the earth's surface:

subterranean

Meaning the world of criminals or of organized crime:

underworld

Meaning relating to or characteristic of Hades, the underworld of the dead:

Hadean

Meaning relating to or denoting igneous rock formed by solidification at considerable depth beneath the earth's surface:

Plutonic

Meaning of or associated with the underworld:

Plutonian

Meaning very dark:

Stygian

Meaning relating to or characteristic of Tartarus; hellish and infernal:

Tartarean

Meaning relating to or inhabiting the underworld:

chthonic

Meaning resembling or characteristic of hell; hellish:

helly

Meaning subject to or worthy of divine condemnation:

damnable

Meaning (of a person) in a very unhappy or unfortunate state:

wretched

Meaning used to express strong dislike of or anger at someone or something:

accursed

Meaning suffering from decay:

rotten

Meaning causing or likely to cause horror; shocking:

horrible

Meaning causing irritation or annoyance:

annoying

Meaning causing annoyance, impatience, or mild anger:

irritating

Meaning making one extremely angry and impatient:

infuriating

Meaning intensely irritating and frustrating:

exasperating

Meaning used for emphasis to express annoyance:

flaming

Meaning used for emphasis, especially to express annoyance or irritation:

dratted

Meaning awkward; annoying:

cussed

Meaning causing trouble; annoying:

pesky

Meaning harbouring infection and disease:

pestiferous

Meaning annoying:

pestilential

Meaning making a problem or offence worse or more serious:

aggravating

Meaning used to express annoyance:

blinking

Meaning covered, smeared, or running with blood:

bloody

Meaning used for emphasis, or to express annoyance:

bleeding

Meaning used to express annoyance or for emphasis:

blooming

Meaning used for emphasis or to express mild annoyance:

flipping

Meaning used to emphasize or express annoyance with someone or something:

effing, frigging, fucking

Meaning used for emphasis or as a mild expletive:

chuffing

Meaning used to express anger, annoyance, or shock, or simply for emphasis:

bally

Meaning (of a person's face) having a healthy red colour:

ruddy

Meaning used for emphasis:

dashed

Meaning used to express annoyance or irritation:

cursed

Translation of infernal

Words that rhyme with infernal

carnal, hypercarnal, tarnal, Avernal, Bernal, Vernal, acromiosternal, anteroexternal, anterointernal, antesternal, asternal, avernal, cavernal, chondrosternal, cisternal, cleidosternal, coeternal, confraternal, contubernal, costosternal, dactylosternal, dorosternal, dorsosternal, ensisternal, entosternal, episternal, eternal, eviternal, external, fetomaternal, firmisternal, fraternal, grandmaternal, grandpaternal, gubernal, hesternal, hibernal, hodiernal, homalosternal, hybernal, hyosternal, hyposternal, infrasternal, interfraternal, internal, intersternal, intracisternal, intrasternal, latisternal, lucernal

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