infernal

  • (a) characteristic of or resembling Hell
    • infernal noise
    • infernal punishment
  • (s) 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, fiendish, satanic, diabolic, diabolical, hellish, unholy,
  • (s) 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
    blame, blamed, blasted, damned, darned, deuced, goddam, goddamned, damn, goddamn, blessed,
  • (a) of or pertaining to or characteristic of a very uncontrolled and intense fire
    • infernal heat
  • (a) being of the underworld
    • infernal regions

Nouns

  • (n) an inhabitant of Hell
    • his roar made the infernals quake

Synonyms

demonic fiendish satanic diabolic diabolical hellish unholy blame blamed blasted damned darned deuced goddam goddamned damn goddamn blessed

Antonyms

supernal

See also

evil

Words of close approximity

Inferno
infernally infernal machine infernal region