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infernality

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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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