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infernal [ɪnˈfɜːnəl] adj
1. (Christian Religious Writings / Theology) of or relating to an underworld of the dead 2. deserving hell or befitting its occupants; diabolic; fiendish 3. Informal irritating; confounded [from Late Latin infernālis, from infernus hell, from Latin (adj): lower, hellish; related to Latin inferus low] infernality n infernally adv ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
infernal Translations infernal adj (fig) cruelty, scheme → teuflisch; weather → grässlich; (inf) impudence, nuisance → verteufelt; noise → höllisch; this infernal machine → diese Höllenmaschine How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Watson began to talk of hunting--it was such an infernal bore having to waste one's time in an infernal office, he would only be able to hunt on Saturdays--and shooting: he had ripping invitations all over the country and of course he had to refuse them. But it was not to be so, and soon she was the unhappiest of mortals, vainly desirous to wander again in gloom by the infernal lakes. Her infernal cleverness put an obstacle I had not expected in the way of my intercepting it. |
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