infernal Meaning, Definition & Usage

noun an inhabitant of Hell
- his roar made the infernals quake
adjective characteristic of or resembling Hell
- infernal noise
- infernal punishment
adjective satellite extremely evil or cruel; expressive of cruelty or befitting hell
satanic; fiendish; demonic; hellish; unholy; diabolical; diabolic.
- 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
adjective satellite expletives used informally as intensifiers
darned; goddamned; goddam; goddamn; blessed; blamed; blame; damn; deuced; damned; blasted.
- 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
adjective of or pertaining to or characteristic of a very uncontrolled and intense fire
- infernal heat
adjective being of the underworld
- infernal regions

F. infernal, L. infernalis, fr. infernus that which lies beneath, the lower. See Inferior.

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.
The Elysian fields, the infernal monarchy. Garth.
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.
The instruments or abettors in such infernal dealings. Addison.
Syn. -- Tartarean; Stygian; hellish; devilish; diabolical; satanic; fiendish; malicious.