INFERNAL


Meaning of INFERNAL in English

adjective

1.

of or relating to a nether world of the dead

the infernal regions

Synonyms: chthonian, chthonic, Hadean, plutonian, plutonic, sulphurous, Tartarean

Contrasted words: celestial, elysian, Hesperidean, paradisaic, paradisal, paradisiacal

Antonyms: supernal

2.

resembling or appropriate to hell or its inhabitants

an infernal glow in the sky

Synonyms: avernal, cimmerian, hellish, pandemoniac, plutonian, plutonic, stygian

Related Word: demoniac, devilish, diabolic, fiendish; sulphurous

Antonyms: celestial, heavenly

3.

Synonyms: damned 2, blamed, blasted, confounded, cursed, cussed, dad-burned, damnable, dashed, execrable

4.

Synonyms: utter , absolute, all-fired, blasted, blessed, downright, out-and-out, outright, straight-out, thoroughgoing

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