INFERNAL


Meaning of INFERNAL in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ in-ˈfər-n ə l ]

adjective

Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French enfernal, from Late Latin infernalis, from infernus hell, from Latin, lower, from inferus

Date: 14th century

1. : of or relating to a nether world of the dead

2.

a. : of or relating to hell

b. : hellish , diabolical

3. : damnable

an infernal nuisance

• in·fer·nal·ly -n ə l-ē adverb

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.