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in⋅fer⋅nal

  [in-fur-nl]
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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.
Origin:
1325–75; ME < LL infernālis, equiv. to L infern(us) situated below, of the underworld (see inferior ) + -ālis -al 1

Related forms:
in⋅fer⋅nal⋅i⋅ty, noun
in⋅fer⋅nal⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
2. devilish, cursed, monstrous.
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in·fer·nal   (ĭn-fûr'nəl)   
adj.  

    1. Of or relating to a lower world of the dead.

    2. Of or relating to hell: infernal punishments; infernal powers.

  2. Fiendish; diabolical: infernal instruments of war.

  3. Abominable; awful: the infernal racket of the jackhammers.


[Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin īnfernālis, from īnfernus, hell, from Latin, lower, underground; see dher- in Indo-European roots.]
in·fer'nal·ly adv.
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Word Origin & History

infernal 
c.1374, 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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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