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all-fired

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all-fired (ôlfrd)
adv. Informal
Used as an intensive: Don't be so all-fired aggressive.
[Alteration of hell-fired.]
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Adj.1.all-fired - extreme; used as an intensifier; "why is he in such an all-fired hurry?"
colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
immoderate - beyond reasonable limits; "immoderate laughter"; "immoderate spending"
Adv.1.all-fired - extremely; "you are bloody right"; "Why are you so all-fired aggressive?"
bloody, damn
intensifier, intensive - a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies; "`up' in `finished up' is an intensifier"; "`honestly' in `I honestly don't know' is an intensifier"
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