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adjective
1.
hellish; fiendish; diabolical: an infernal plot.
2.
extremely troublesome, annoying, etc.; outrageous: an infernal nuisance.
3.
of, inhabiting, or befitting hell.
4.
Classical Mythology. of or pertaining to the underworld.
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Infernal
is always a great word to know.
So is labors of Hercules. Does it mean:
| the 12 extraordinary feats performed by Hercules for Eurystheus in order to gain immortality |
| an Ethiopian princess, the daughter of Cassiopeia and wife of Perseus, by whom she had been rescued from a sea monster |
Example Sentences
- In fact, this movie's infernal special effects are so unconvincing that pyrophobes need not fear.
- The microscopic result is a more fragile structure with concentration of infernal forces culminating to specific points.
- We cross an infernal landscape punctuated with spewing lava.
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Word Origin & History
infernal
late 14c., from O.Fr. infernal, from L.L. infernalis "of the lower regions," from infernus "hell" (Ambrose), lit. "the lower (world)," noun use of L. infernus "lower." For the name of the place, or things which resemble it, the It. form Inferno has been used in Eng. since 1834, from Dante.
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