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infernall

infernall is the obsolete spelling of infernal.

Meaning of infernal

Adjective

infernal (comparative more infernal, superlative most infernal)

  1. 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
    Synonyms:
    hellish, helly, stygian
    Antonyms:
    celestial, heavenly
  2. (broadly) Of or relating to a fire or inferno.
    Synonyms:
    fiery
  3. Stygian, gloomy.
  4. 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
  5. 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

See all 6 meanings of infernal

Forms of infernall

comparativemore infernall
superlativemost infernall

Questions about infernall

What is infernall the obsolete spelling of?
Infernall is the obsolete spelling of infernal.

Words near infernall in the dictionary

  1. infernality
  2. infernalize
  3. infernalized
  4. infernalizes
  5. infernalizing
  6. infernall
  7. infernally
  8. infernals
  9. infernalship
  10. infernalships
  11. Infernet

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