From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Infernal \In*fer"nal\, n.
An inhabitant of the infernal regions; also, the place
itself. [Obs.] --Drayton.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Infernal \In*fer"nal\, a. [F. infernal, L. infernalis, fr.
infernus that which lies beneath, the lower. See {Inferior}.]
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1. Of or pertaining to or suitable for the lower regions,
inhabited, according to the ancients, by the dead;
pertaining to Pluto's realm of the dead, the Tartarus of
the ancients.
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The Elysian fields, the infernal monarchy. --Garth.
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2. Of or pertaining to, resembling, or inhabiting, hell;
suitable for hell, or to the character of the inhabitants
of hell; hellish; diabolical; as, infernal spirits, or
conduct.
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The instruments or abettors in such infernal
dealings. --Addison.
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{Infernal machine}, a machine or apparatus maliciously
designed to explode, and destroy life or property.
{Infernal stone} ({lapis infernalis}), lunar caustic;
formerly so called. The name was also applied to caustic
potash.
Syn: Tartarean; Stygian; hellish; devilish; diabolical;
satanic; fiendish; malicious.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
infernal
adj 1: characteristic of or resembling Hell; "infernal noise";
"infernal punishment"
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" [syn: {demonic},
{diabolic}, {diabolical}, {fiendish}, {hellish}, {infernal},
{satanic}, {unholy}]
3: 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" [syn: {blasted}, {blame}, {blamed}, {blessed},
{damn}, {damned}, {darned}, {deuced}, {goddam}, {goddamn},
{goddamned}, {infernal}]
4: of or pertaining to or characteristic of a very uncontrolled
and intense fire; "infernal heat"
5: being of the underworld; "infernal regions" [ant: {supernal}]
n 1: an inhabitant of Hell; "his roar made the infernals quake"
From Portuguese-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 [fd-por-eng]:
infernal
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