Meaning of INFERNO
| Pronunciation: | | in'furnow
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- [n] a very intense and uncontrolled fire
- [n] (Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment; "Hurl'd headlong...To bottomless perdition, there to dwell"- John Milton; "a demon from the depths of the pit"
- [n] any place of pain and turmoil; "the hell of battle"; "the inferno of the engine room"; "when you're alone Christmas is the pits";
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INFERNO is a 7 letter word that starts with I. |
| | Synonyms: | | conflagration, Hell, hell on earth, hellhole, infernal region, nether region, perdition, snake pit, the pit, the pits |
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| | Antonyms: | | Heaven | | |
| | See Also: | | fire, Gehenna, hellfire, imaginary place, part, red region, region, Tartarus, wildfire | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \In*fer"no\, n. [It. See {Infernal}.]
The infernal regions; hell. Also used fig.
At each sudden explosion in the inferno below they
sprang back from the brink [of the volcanic crater].
--D. C.
Worcester.
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| | Related Terms: | | Abaddon, abyss, avichi, blazes, conflagration, equator, furnace, Gehenna, Hades, hell, holocaust, infernal regions, jahannan, limbo, lower world, Naraka, nether world, netherworld, oven, Pandemonium, perdition, pit, place of torment, purgatory, shades below, Sheol, steam bath, subtropics, the abyss, the bottomless pit, the grave, the pit, Tophet, Torrid Zone, tropics, underworld |
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