infernal - Definition | Dictionary definition of infernal

Definition of infernal

characteristic of or resembling Hell

"infernal noise"

"infernal punishment"

extremely evil or cruel; expressive of cruelty or befitting hell

"infernal instruments of war"

Synonyms:: demonic, diabolic, diabolical, fiendish, hellish, satanic, unholy; evil
morally bad or wrong

expletives used informally as intensifiers

"an infernal nuisance"

Synonyms:: blame, blamed, blasted, blessed, damn, damned, darned, deuced, goddam, goddamn, goddamned; cursed, curst
deserving a curse; sometimes used as an intensifier

of or pertaining to or characteristic of a very uncontrolled and intense fire

"infernal heat"

being of the underworld

"infernal regions"

Synonyms:: evil
morally bad or wrong; chthonian, chthonic, nether
dwelling beneath the surface of the earth; Hadean, Plutonian, Tartarean
of or relating to or characteristic of Hades or Tartarus; Stygian
hellish

Antonyms:: supernal
being or coming from on high; heavenly
of or belonging to heaven or god; show more antonyms...

an inhabitant of Hell

"his roar made the infernals quake"

Type of:: dead person, dead soul, deceased, deceased person, decedent, departed
someone who is no longer alive