infernal
infernal is a 8-letter English word with 9 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- adjective. 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.
- adjective. 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.
- noun. An inhabitant of the infernal regions; also, the place itself.
- noun. an inhabitant of Hell
"his roar made the infernals quake"
- adjective. expletives used informally as intensifiers
"he's a blasted idiot"
"it's a blamed shame"
- adjective. 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"
- adjective. being of the underworld
"infernal regions"
- adjective. characteristic of or resembling Hell
"infernal noise"
"infernal punishment"
- adjective. of or pertaining to or characteristic of a very uncontrolled and intense fire
"infernal heat"
Synonyms
blame, blamed, blasted, blessed, damn, damned, darned, deuced, goddam, goddamn, goddamned, demonic, diabolic, diabolical, fiendish, hellish, satanic, unholy
Common word forms
infernally, infernality, infernalize
Words from these letters
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