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Synonyms for infernal

Noun

1. infernal, dead person, dead soul, deceased person, deceased, decedent, departed
usage: an inhabitant of hell; "his roar made the infernals quake"

Adjective

1. infernal
usage: characteristic of or resembling hell; "infernal heat and noise"
2. demonic, diabolic, diabolical, fiendish, hellish, infernal, satanic, unholy, evil (vs. good), wicked
usage: 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"
3. blasted, blame, blamed, blessed, damn, damned, darned, deuced, everlasting, goddam, goddamn, goddamned, infernal, cursed (vs. blessed), curst
usage: 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"; "tired or his everlasting whimpering"; "an infernal nuisance"
4. infernal
usage: relating to or inhabiting hell; "his infernal majesty"; "infernal fires"; "infernal punishments"
5. infernal (vs. supernal), chthonian, chthonic, lower, nether, Hadean, Plutonian, Tartarean, Stygian, evil#1, wicked
usage: being of a lower world of the dead; "infernal regions"
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