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Word entry · 8 letters

infernal

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"Hellish"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /ɪnˈfɜː(ɹ)nəl/Part of speech adjective, nounSorted aefilnnrStarts with IEnds with L1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. expletives used informally as intensifiers

Word origin

From Middle French infernal, from Medieval Latin infernalis, from Latin īnfernus, from īnferum (“netherworld, underworld, hell”), equivalent to inferno + -al.

Used in a sentence

  • He proffered a pact to Satan, calling upon the Fiend and working himself into a frenzy - but his infernal majesty failed to respond.
  • Th' infernal Serpent; he it was, whose guile Stird up with Envy and Revenge, deceiv'd The Mother of Mankind
  • the instruments or abettors in such infernal dealings

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