infernal
From the underworld
Infernal means of or relating to hell: infernal regions, infernal fires.
By extension, it describes anything hellish or fiendish: infernal cruelty, an infernal scheme.
In casual speech, infernal is a mild intensifier expressing annoyance or frustration: That infernal noise won't stop, Where did I put those infernal keys?
The word sounds slightly old-fashioned in everyday use.
Extremely unpleasant or cruel
- demonicOf or like devils
- satanicExtremely wicked or cruel
- diabolicalExtremely wicked or cruel
- fiendishExtremely cruel or wicked
devilish · damned · accursed · cursed · unholy · sulfurous · brimstone · perdition
Visible burning combustion
- fireCombustion with flames
- burningCombustion in progress
- scorchingExtremely hot, burning
- blazingBurning very brightly
searing · blistering · furnace · conflagration · embers · smoldering · volcanic · molten
Severe prolonged suffering
- agonyExtreme physical or emotional pain
- anguishIntense mental suffering
- sufferingSustained experience of distress
- tortureDeliberate infliction of suffering
misery · affliction · damnation · punishment · retribution · penance · condemnation · chastisement
Causing mild frustration
- aggravatingCausing irritation or worsening
- exasperatingIntensely irritating
- maddeningCausing extreme frustration
- vexingCausing mild torment
frustrating · infuriating · bothersome · tiresome · tedious · insufferable · unbearable · intolerable
hellish
Extremely unpleasant or cruel
- demonicOf or like devils
- satanicExtremely wicked or cruel
- diabolicalExtremely wicked or cruel
fiendish · devilish · damned · accursed · cursed · unholy · sulfurous · brimstone · perdition · damnation
flames
Visible burning combustion
blazing · searing · blistering · furnace · conflagration · embers · smoldering · volcanic · molten · lava
torment
Severe prolonged suffering
- agonyExtreme physical or emotional pain
- anguishIntense mental suffering
- sufferingSustained experience of distress
torture · misery · affliction · damnation · punishment · retribution · penance · condemnation · chastisement · tribulation
irritating
Causing mild frustration
- aggravatingCausing irritation or worsening
- exasperatingIntensely irritating
- maddeningCausing extreme frustration
vexing · frustrating · infuriating · bothersome · tiresome · tedious · insufferable · unbearable · intolerable · cursed
malevolent
Harboring ill will
- sinisterThreateningly suggestive of harm
- nefariousExtremely evil or villainous
- wickedEvil or slang-excellent
vile · malignant · pernicious · corrupt · depraved · villainous · malicious · heinous · impious · profane
- afterlifeheaven, hell, paradise, purgatory, limbo
- Good and Evilgood, evil, good versus evil, virtue and vice, morality
- DanteDivine Comedy, Dante, Paradiso, Beatrice, Virgil
- fire creaturesphoenix, dragon, fire dragon, salamander, fire elemental
- Greek underworldHades, Tartarus, Elysium, Styx, Persephone
- Hellhellfire, brimstone, lake of fire, eternal fire, perdition
- towering infernoExtremely tall fire
- Dante's InfernoEpic poem depicting hell
- infernal devicesDiabolically designed explosives
- The Towering InfernoMassive building ablaze
- Disco InfernoFunk hit about flames
- infernal contractAgreement with dark forces