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infernal

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infernal in WordNet English dictionary

adjective
  1. expletives used informally as intensifiers
    "he's a blasted idiot"; "it's a blamed shame"; "a blame cold winter"; "not a blessed dime"; "I'll be damned (or blessed or darned or goddamned) if I'll do any such thing"; "he's a damn (or goddam or goddamned) fool"; "a deuced idiot"; "an infernal nuisance"
    blasted  blame  blamed  blessed  damn  damned  darned  deuced  goddam  goddamn  goddamned  infernal 
  2. extremely evil or cruel; expressive of cruelty or befitting hell
    "something demonic in him--something that could be cruel"; "fires lit up a diabolic scene"; "diabolical sorcerers under the influence of devils"; "a fiendish despot"; "hellish torture"; "infernal instruments of war"; "satanic cruelty"; "unholy grimaces"
    demonic  diabolic  diabolical  fiendish  hellish  infernal  satanic  unholy 
  3. being of the underworld
    "infernal regions"
    infernal 
  4. characteristic of or resembling Hell
    "infernal noise"; "infernal punishment"
    infernal 
  5. of or pertaining to or characteristic of a very uncontrolled and intense fire
    "infernal heat"
    infernal 
noun
  1. an inhabitant of Hell
    "his roar made the infernals quake"
    infernal 
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