infernal
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nl 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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| —adj | |
| 1. | of or relating to an underworld of the dead |
| 2. | deserving hell or befitting its occupants; diabolic; fiendish |
| 3. | informal irritating; confounded |
| [C14: from Late Latin infernālis, from infernus hell, from Latin (adj): lower, hellish; related to Latin inferus low] | |
| infer'nality | |
| —n | |
| in'fernally | |
| —adv | |
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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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Example sentences
The two brothers mount it alternately on their return from the infernal regions.
No matter how well-intentioned, those infernal devices get in the way of something, usually turn signals.
Today you hear these infernal machines going night and day.
And getting rid of the demon buses has become an infernal task for the government.
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