infernal
IPA: ɪnfˈɝnʌɫ
noun
- An inhabitant of the infernal regions, a demon.
adjective
- Of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish.
- (by extension) Of or relating to a fire or inferno.
- Stygian, gloomy.
- Diabolical or fiendish.
- (as an expletive) Very annoying; damned.
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Examples of "infernal" in Sentences
- "Next, a little box containing a sort of stone known as infernal stone.
- Perhaps infernal is the perfect word; perhaps, after all, we are living in a species of Hell.
- Turreau proposed a series of columns, which became known as the infernal or hell columns, to sweep through the area.
- Pluto was therefore called the infernal Jupiter, and oblations were made to him by the living, for the souls of their friends departed.
- His experience and training with the Mounted Police made it difficult for him to accept with equal mind what he called the infernal cheek of a bunch of Indians.
- It must be called infernal, because slavery is a crime against humanity -- so heinous in its spirit, and so barbarous in its manifestations, that none but a devil incarnate, or otherwise, could have been the one to suggest it.
- Her books contain infernal hints, Christological echoes, centaurs, phoenixes, house-elves and Moaning Myrtle — a postmodern superfluity of myth and invention into which she dips and dips and keeps on dipping, because it will never be exhausted, and it will never quite add up.
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