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say it: in-FUR-nuhl
infernal is an adjective and noun meaning "characteristic of or resembling Hell". It is pronounced /ˌɪnˈfɝnəl/ — in-FUR-nuhl. It carries 6 recorded senses.
characteristic of or resembling Hell
“infernal noise”
“infernal punishment”
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”
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”
of or pertaining to or characteristic of a very uncontrolled and intense fire
“infernal heat”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for infernal come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.