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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| | Synonyms: | | conflagration, Hell, hell on earth, hellhole, infernal region, nether region, perdition, snake pit, the pit, the pits |
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| | See Also: | | fire, Gehenna, hellfire, imaginary place, part, red region, region, Tartarus, wildfire | |
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| | Definition: | | Inferno
The Divine Comedy is the story of a pilgrim`s journey to God. A man named Dante is lost in dark wood; through the intervention of his beloved Beatrice in Heaven, the Roman poet Virgil appears in the forest to lead Dante to her. In order to reach heaven, however, they must first pass through Hell and Purgatory. After journeying through Hell (Inferno), they climb the mountain of Purgatory (Purgatorio); at the peak, Dante is reunited with Beatrice, who serves as his guide through Paradise (Paradisio). more details ... |
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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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