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Meaning of infernal

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  infernal
      adj 1: characteristic of or resembling Hell; "infernal noise";
             "infernal punishment"
      2: 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"; "diabolical
         sorcerers under the influence of devils"; "a fiendish
         despot"; "hellish torture"; "infernal instruments of war";
         "satanic cruelty"; "unholy grimaces" [syn: {demonic},
         {diabolic}, {diabolical}, {fiendish}, {hellish}, {infernal},
         {satanic}, {unholy}]
      3: expletives used informally as intensifiers; "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" [syn: {blasted}, {blame}, {blamed}, {blessed},
         {damn}, {damned}, {darned}, {deuced}, {goddam}, {goddamn},
         {goddamned}, {infernal}]
      4: of or pertaining to or characteristic of a very uncontrolled
         and intense fire; "infernal heat"
      5: being of the underworld; "infernal regions" [ant: {supernal}]
      n 1: an inhabitant of Hell; "his roar made the infernals quake"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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