"infernal" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ɪnˈfɜː(ɹ)nəl/ [UK], /ɪnˈfɝnəl/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-infernal.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more infernal [comparative], most infernal [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)nəl Etymology: From Middle French infernal, from Medieval Latin infernalis, from Latin īnfernus, from īnferum (“netherworld, underworld, hell”), equivalent to inferno + -al. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|frm|infernal}} Middle French infernal, {{der|en|ML.|infernalis}} Medieval Latin infernalis, {{uder|en|la|infernus|īnfernus}} Latin īnfernus, {{m|la|inferus|īnferum|netherworld, underworld, hell}} īnferum (“netherworld, underworld, hell”), {{suf|en|inferno|al}} inferno + -al Head templates: {{en-adj}} infernal (comparative more infernal, superlative most infernal)
  1. Of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish. Translations (Of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish): χθόνιος (khthónios) (Ancient Greek), جَحِيمِيّ (jaḥīmiyy) (Arabic), جَهَنَّمِيّ (jahannamiyy) (Arabic), դժոխային (džoxayin) (Armenian), пяке́льны (pjakjélʹny) (Belarusian), а́дски (ádski) (Bulgarian), пъ́клен (pǎ́klen) (Bulgarian), infernal (Catalan), pekelný (Czech), hels (Dutch), infernaal (Dutch), helvetillinen (Finnish), infernal (French), höllisch (German), infernalisch (German), καταχθόνιος (katachthónios) (Greek), bedebah (Indonesian), infernale (Italian), infernus (Latin), пеколен (pekolen) (Macedonian), адски (adski) (Macedonian), înfèrna (Norman), infernal (Old French), piekielny (Polish), infernal (Portuguese), infernal (Romanian), а́дский (ádskij) (Russian), а́довый (ádovyj) (Russian), नारक (nāraka) (Sanskrit), па̀клен [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), pàklen [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), pekelný (Slovak), peklenski (Slovene), infernal (Spanish), helvetisk (Swedish), пеке́льний (pekélʹnyj) (Ukrainian), جَہَنَّمی (jahannamī) (Urdu)
    Sense id: en-infernal-en-adj-W~QRbSJD Categories (other): Hell Disambiguation of Hell: 59 6 28 0 5 3 Disambiguation of 'Of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish': 97 0 1 1 1
  2. (by extension) Of or relating to a fire or inferno. Tags: broadly Categories (topical): Fire Translations (by extension: of or relating to a great fire or inferno): infernaal (Dutch)
    Sense id: en-infernal-en-adj-RmDu9caz Disambiguation of Fire: 4 37 30 0 18 12 Disambiguation of 'by extension: of or relating to a great fire or inferno': 0 87 7 0 6
  3. Stygian, gloomy. Categories (topical): Fire
    Sense id: en-infernal-en-adj-3XMxNLgs Disambiguation of Fire: 4 37 30 0 18 12 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -al, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 9 16 5 29 31 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -al: 2 2 37 0 34 24 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 2 2 41 1 31 23
  4. Diabolical or fiendish. Translations (diabolical or fiendish): дя́волски (djávolski) (Bulgarian), duivels (Dutch), hels (Dutch), infernaal (Dutch), pirullinen (Finnish), bedebah (Indonesian), diabelski (Polish), чёртовый (čórtovyj) (Russian), infernalisk (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-infernal-en-adj-ZTKQBuIv Disambiguation of 'diabolical or fiendish': 2 0 1 97 0
  5. (as an expletive) Very annoying; damned. Categories (topical): Fire Translations (UK, as an expletive: very annoying; damned): прокле́т (proklét) (Bulgarian), hels (Dutch), infernaal (Dutch), bedebah (Indonesian), прокля́тый (prokljátyj) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-infernal-en-adj-zjA~ICkE Disambiguation of Fire: 4 37 30 0 18 12 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -al Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 9 16 5 29 31 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -al: 2 2 37 0 34 24 Disambiguation of 'UK, as an expletive: very annoying; damned': 1 0 2 0 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: infernall [obsolete] Derived forms: infernal device, infernally, infernal machine, infernal stone Related terms: inferno

Noun

IPA: /ɪnˈfɜː(ɹ)nəl/ [UK], /ɪnˈfɝnəl/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-infernal.wav [Southern-England] Forms: infernals [plural]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)nəl Etymology: From Middle French infernal, from Medieval Latin infernalis, from Latin īnfernus, from īnferum (“netherworld, underworld, hell”), equivalent to inferno + -al. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|frm|infernal}} Middle French infernal, {{der|en|ML.|infernalis}} Medieval Latin infernalis, {{uder|en|la|infernus|īnfernus}} Latin īnfernus, {{m|la|inferus|īnferum|netherworld, underworld, hell}} īnferum (“netherworld, underworld, hell”), {{suf|en|inferno|al}} inferno + -al Head templates: {{en-noun}} infernal (plural infernals)
  1. An inhabitant of the infernal regions, a demon. Categories (topical): Fire
    Sense id: en-infernal-en-noun-6tEx1smH Disambiguation of Fire: 4 37 30 0 18 12 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -al Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 9 16 5 29 31 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -al: 2 2 37 0 34 24
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: infernall [obsolete]

Inflected forms

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          "_dis1": "97 0 1 1 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "Of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish",
          "word": "helvetillinen"
        },
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
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          "word": "infernal"
        },
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          "code": "fro",
          "lang": "Old French",
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          "_dis1": "97 0 1 1 1",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "katachthónios",
          "sense": "Of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish",
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          "_dis1": "97 0 1 1 1",
          "code": "grc",
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          "word": "χθόνιος"
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          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "Of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish",
          "word": "bedebah"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 0 1 1 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "Of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish",
          "word": "infernale"
        },
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          "_dis1": "97 0 1 1 1",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
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          "word": "infernus"
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          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "pekolen",
          "sense": "Of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish",
          "word": "пеколен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 0 1 1 1",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "adski",
          "sense": "Of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish",
          "word": "адски"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 0 1 1 1",
          "code": "nrf",
          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "Of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish",
          "word": "înfèrna"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 0 1 1 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "Of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish",
          "word": "piekielny"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 0 1 1 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "Of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish",
          "word": "infernal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 0 1 1 1",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "Of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish",
          "word": "infernal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 0 1 1 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "ádskij",
          "sense": "Of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish",
          "word": "а́дский"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 0 1 1 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "ádovyj",
          "sense": "Of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish",
          "word": "а́довый"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 0 1 1 1",
          "code": "sa",
          "lang": "Sanskrit",
          "roman": "nāraka",
          "sense": "Of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish",
          "word": "नारक"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 0 1 1 1",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "Of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "па̀клен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 0 1 1 1",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "Of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish",
          "tags": [
            "Roman"
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          "word": "pàklen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 0 1 1 1",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "Of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish",
          "word": "pekelný"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 0 1 1 1",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "Of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish",
          "word": "peklenski"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 0 1 1 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "Of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish",
          "word": "infernal"
        },
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          "_dis1": "97 0 1 1 1",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "Of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish",
          "word": "helvetisk"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 0 1 1 1",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "pekélʹnyj",
          "sense": "Of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish",
          "word": "пеке́льний"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 0 1 1 1",
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "jahannamī",
          "sense": "Of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish",
          "word": "جَہَنَّمی"
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          "ref": "1674, John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book I, lines 34–36",
          "text": "Th' infernal Serpent; he it was, whose guile\nStird up with Envy and Revenge, deceiv'd\nThe Mother of Mankind",
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          "code": "bg",
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          "roman": "djávolski",
          "sense": "diabolical or fiendish",
          "word": "дя́волски"
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        {
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "diabolical or fiendish",
          "word": "duivels"
        },
        {
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "diabolical or fiendish",
          "word": "hels"
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        {
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "diabolical or fiendish",
          "word": "infernaal"
        },
        {
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "diabolical or fiendish",
          "word": "pirullinen"
        },
        {
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          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "diabolical or fiendish",
          "word": "bedebah"
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        {
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "diabolical or fiendish",
          "word": "diabelski"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 0 1 97 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "čórtovyj",
          "sense": "diabolical or fiendish",
          "word": "чёртовый"
        },
        {
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "diabolical or fiendish",
          "word": "infernalisk"
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      "word": "جَحِيمِيّ"
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      "code": "ar",
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      "sense": "Of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish",
      "word": "جَهَنَّمِيّ"
    },
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      "code": "hy",
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      "roman": "džoxayin",
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      "word": "դժոխային"
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      "code": "be",
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      "word": "пяке́льны"
    },
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "ádski",
      "sense": "Of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish",
      "word": "а́дски"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pǎ́klen",
      "sense": "Of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish",
      "word": "пъ́клен"
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    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "Of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish",
      "word": "infernal"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "Of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish",
      "word": "pekelný"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "Of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish",
      "word": "hels"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "Of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish",
      "word": "infernaal"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish",
      "word": "helvetillinen"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "Of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish",
      "word": "infernal"
    },
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      "code": "fro",
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      "sense": "Of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish",
      "word": "infernal"
    },
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "Of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish",
      "word": "höllisch"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish",
      "word": "infernalisch"
    },
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "katachthónios",
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      "word": "καταχθόνιος"
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      "code": "grc",
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      "word": "χθόνιος"
    },
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      "code": "id",
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      "sense": "Of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish",
      "word": "bedebah"
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    {
      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "Of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish",
      "word": "infernale"
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      "code": "la",
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      "code": "mk",
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      "code": "mk",
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      "code": "nrf",
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish",
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "Of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish",
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    {
      "code": "ro",
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      "code": "ru",
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      "word": "а́дский"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "Of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish",
      "word": "а́довый"
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    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "nāraka",
      "sense": "Of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish",
      "word": "नारक"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "Of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish",
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      "word": "па̀клен"
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    {
      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "Of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish",
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    {
      "code": "sk",
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      "sense": "Of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish",
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    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "Of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish",
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "Of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish",
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish",
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    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pekélʹnyj",
      "sense": "Of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish",
      "word": "пеке́льний"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
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      "roman": "jahannamī",
      "sense": "Of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish",
      "word": "جَہَنَّمی"
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      "code": "nl",
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      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "djávolski",
      "sense": "diabolical or fiendish",
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    {
      "code": "nl",
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    {
      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "diabolical or fiendish",
      "word": "hels"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "diabolical or fiendish",
      "word": "infernaal"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "diabolical or fiendish",
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    {
      "code": "id",
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      "sense": "diabolical or fiendish",
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    {
      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "diabolical or fiendish",
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "čórtovyj",
      "sense": "diabolical or fiendish",
      "word": "чёртовый"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "diabolical or fiendish",
      "word": "infernalisk"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "proklét",
      "sense": "UK, as an expletive: very annoying; damned",
      "word": "прокле́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "UK, as an expletive: very annoying; damned",
      "word": "hels"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "UK, as an expletive: very annoying; damned",
      "word": "infernaal"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "UK, as an expletive: very annoying; damned",
      "word": "bedebah"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prokljátyj",
      "sense": "UK, as an expletive: very annoying; damned",
      "word": "прокля́тый"
    }
  ],
  "word": "infernal"
}

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    "en:Fire",
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      "name": "bor"
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        "3": "infernalis"
      },
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      "name": "der"
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        "2": "la",
        "3": "infernus",
        "4": "īnfernus"
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      "expansion": "Latin īnfernus",
      "name": "uder"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "inferus",
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        "4": "netherworld, underworld, hell"
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    {
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        "2": "inferno",
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      "name": "suf"
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  "etymology_text": "From Middle French infernal, from Medieval Latin infernalis, from Latin īnfernus, from īnferum (“netherworld, underworld, hell”), equivalent to inferno + -al.",
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  "pos": "noun",
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        "An inhabitant of the infernal regions, a demon."
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          "demon"
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      "tags": [
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    {
      "ipa": "/ɪnˈfɝnəl/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
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      "rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ)nəl"
    },
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      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "infernall"
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