infernal
adjective
in·fer·nal
in-ˈfər-nᵊl 
1
: of or relating to a nether world of the dead
2
a
: of or relating to hell
b
3
: damnable
an infernal nuisance
Examples of infernal in a Sentence
the infernal regions of the dead
Stop making that infernal racket!
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Mephistopheles, dispatched by the Devil to serve Faustus, can’t help getting the better of his mortal master, like an infernal Jeeves—or, more to the point, like a handler in the intelligence racket, running an anxious agent in the field.
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There, the adults mate, and the mass erupts like an infernal, infectious volcano, spewing out eggs.
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Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 2 Oct. 2025
His infernal fantasies connect to Riley’s haunted autobiographies, her family photos rewoven into monumental weavings.
—Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2025
Mephistopheles, dispatched by the Devil to serve Faustus, can’t help getting the better of his mortal master, like an infernal Jeeves—or, more to the point, like a handler in the intelligence racket, running an anxious agent in the field.
—Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
There, the adults mate, and the mass erupts like an infernal, infectious volcano, spewing out eggs.
—Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 13 Aug. 2025
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infernal
adjective
in·fer·nal
in-ˈfərn-ᵊl
1
: of or relating to hell
2
: very bad or unpleasant
an infernal nuisance
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