infernal
Meaning of infernal
- relating to or characteristic of hell or the underworld.
the infernal regions
the infernal heat of the forge
- 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
- It is an adjective.
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GalicianHyphenation 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:
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:
Meaning lower in position:
Meaning existing, occurring, or done under the earth's surface:
Meaning the world of criminals or of organized crime:
Meaning relating to or characteristic of Hades, the underworld of the dead:
Meaning relating to or denoting igneous rock formed by solidification at considerable depth beneath the earth's surface:
Meaning of or associated with the underworld:
Meaning very dark:
Meaning relating to or characteristic of Tartarus; hellish and infernal:
Meaning relating to or inhabiting the underworld:
Meaning resembling or characteristic of hell; hellish:
Meaning subject to or worthy of divine condemnation:
Meaning (of a person) in a very unhappy or unfortunate state:
Meaning used to express strong dislike of or anger at someone or something:
Meaning suffering from decay:
Meaning causing or likely to cause horror; shocking:
Meaning causing irritation or annoyance:
Meaning causing annoyance, impatience, or mild anger:
Meaning making one extremely angry and impatient:
Meaning intensely irritating and frustrating:
Meaning used for emphasis to express annoyance:
Meaning used for emphasis, especially to express annoyance or irritation:
Meaning awkward; annoying:
Meaning causing trouble; annoying:
Meaning harbouring infection and disease:
Meaning annoying:
Meaning making a problem or offence worse or more serious:
Meaning used to express annoyance:
Meaning covered, smeared, or running with blood:
Meaning used for emphasis, or to express annoyance:
Meaning used to express annoyance or for emphasis:
Meaning used for emphasis or to express mild annoyance:
Meaning used to emphasize or express annoyance with someone or something:
Meaning used for emphasis or as a mild expletive:
Meaning used to express anger, annoyance, or shock, or simply for emphasis:
Meaning (of a person's face) having a healthy red colour:
Meaning used for emphasis:
Meaning used to express annoyance or irritation:
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