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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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