infernal
/ɪnˈfɜː(ɹ)nəl/US/ɪnˈfɝnəl/
infernal adjective: of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish.
Adjective
infernal (comparative more infernal, superlative most infernal)
- Of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish.
- He proffered a pact to Satan, calling upon the Fiend and working himself into a frenzy - but his infernal majesty failed to respond.1965, Attila Zohar, Kings Cross Black Magic, Sydney: Horwitz Publications, page 119
- Of or relating to a fire or inferno.
- Synonyms:
- fiery
- Stygian, gloomy.
- Synonyms:
- cimmerian, dusky, tenebrous, adumbral, blear, caliginous, crepuscular, dark, darksome, darkling
- Diabolical or fiendish.
- Th' infernal Serpent; he it was, whose guile
Stird up with Envy and Revenge, deceiv'd
The Mother of Mankind1674, John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book I, lines 34–36 - the instruments or abettors in such infernal dealings1711 December 18 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison; Richard Steele et al.], “FRIDAY, December 8, 1711”, in The Spectator, number 244; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a...
- Th' infernal Serpent; he it was, whose guile
- Very annoying; damned.
- As I had to put up with the patronage and the lecturings, and the eyeglass of that infernal old woman, […]1905, Bram Stoker, The Man
- When are you ever going to learn to mind your own infernal business?1982, Sharon Green, The Warrior Within, page 10
Noun
infernal (plural infernals)
- An inhabitant of the infernal regions, a demon.
infernal meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
infernal in Tamil
- நரக, நரகத்திற்குரிய, பேய்த்தனமான, கொடிய
infernal in Urdu
- of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish
- جَہَنَّمی jahannamī
infernal in Bengali
- নরকীয়, জঘন্য, অত্যন্ত বিরক্তিকর
infernal in Malayalam
- വെറുപ്പുതോന്നിക്കുന്ന, പൈശാചികമായ, കൊടിയ
More languagesFewer languages
- infernal in Kannada
- ನರಕದ, ಅಧೋಲೋಕದ, ಘೋರ, ಹೇವರಿಕೆ ಹುಟ್ಟಿಸುವ
- infernal in Sanskrit
- नारक nāraka
- infernal in Arabic
- جَحِيمِيّ jaḥīmiyy, جَهَنَّمِيّ jahannamiyy
- infernal in Indonesian
- bedebah
Examples of infernal in a sentence
- Stop your infernal rabbiting! Use proper words or nobody will listen to you!
- Will you noisy children show some consideration and stop your infernal screaming? I'm trying to study!
- The tender flesh of the pulchrous girl is torn by vile bonds infernal.
Synonyms of infernal
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Antonyms
Forms of infernal
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more infernal |
| superlative | most infernal |
| alternative form (obsolete) | infernall |
| Noun | |
| plural | infernals |
Origin of infernal
From Middle French infernal, from Medieval Latin infernalis, from Latin īnfernus, from īnferum (“netherworld, underworld, hell”), equivalent to inferno + -al.
Words formed from infernal
Phrases with infernal
Words that rhyme with infernal
- kernel
- external
- internal
- colonel
- diurnal
- journal
- eternal
- fraternal
- paternal
- maternal
- hyosternal
- nocturnal
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- sempiternal
- supernal
- vernal
- anteroexternal
- anterointernal
- antesternal
- asternal
- chondrosternal
- coeternal
- coracosternal
- costosternal
- coxosternal
- dorsoexternal
- dorsointernal
- episternal
- hesternal
- hodiernal
- infrasternal
- intersternal
- latisternal
- mesosternal
- metasternal
- midsternal
- nonexternal
- noninternal
- parasternal
- peristernal
- posteroexternal
- posterointernal
- poststernal
- presternal
- retrosternal
- sternal
- substernal
- supersternal
- suprasternal
- ternal
- tracheosternal
- transsternal
- vertebrosternal
Questions about infernal
- What does infernal mean?
- Infernal means of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish.
- What is infernal in Tamil?
- Infernal in Tamil is நரக, நரகத்திற்குரிய, பேய்த்தனமான. See Infernal meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is infernal?
- Infernal can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce infernal?
- Infernal is pronounced /ɪnˈfɜː(ɹ)nəl/ (UK).
Words near infernal in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: infernal (page history and authors); infernal (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Infernal (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); infernal (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); infernal (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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