Definition of Inferno

1. Noun. Any place of pain and turmoil. "When you're alone Christmas is the pits"

Exact synonyms: Hell, Hell On Earth, Hellhole, Snake Pit, The Pits
Generic synonyms: Part, Region
Derivative terms: Infernal

2. Noun. A very intense and uncontrolled fire.
Exact synonyms: Conflagration
Generic synonyms: Fire
Specialized synonyms: Wildfire
Derivative terms: Infernal

3. Noun. (Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment. "Hell is paved with good intentions"
Exact synonyms: Hell, Infernal Region, Nether Region, Perdition, Pit
Generic synonyms: Fictitious Place, Imaginary Place, Mythical Place
Specialized synonyms: Gehenna, Tartarus, Hellfire, Red Region
Category relationships: Christian Religion, Christianity
Antonyms: Heaven
Derivative terms: Infernal

Definition of Inferno

1. n. The infernal regions; hell. Also used fig.

Definition of Inferno

1. Noun. Hell-like place or situation. ¹

2. Noun. A large fire ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Inferno

1. a place that resembles or suggests hell [n -NOS]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Inferno

inferior wall of orbit
inferior wall of tympanic cavity
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inferiority
inferiority complex
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inferiors
inferiour
inferiourity
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infernos
inferobranchian
inferobranchians
inferobranchiata
inferobranchiate
inferognathal
inferolateral margin
inferolateral myocardial infarction
inferomedial margin
inferrable
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inferrers

Literary usage of Inferno

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri by Dante Alighieri (1884)
"If not eternal: Only the angels and the heavenly spheres were created before Inferno. The creation of man came later. But from Inf. xxxiv. ..."

2. A Defence of the Sincere and True Translations of the Holy Scriptures Into by William Fulke (1843)
"Qui fuit in inferno vivens, inter mortuos liber. • • * • Porro per cor maris significatur infernus, pro quo in evangelio legimus, In carde terree. ..."

3. The Quarterly Review by John Gibson Lockhart, George Walter Prothero, William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, Baron Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle, Sir William Smith (1907)
"DANTE'S 'Inferno' AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY? 1. Time-references in the Divina Commedia. ... The ostensible narrative of the ' Inferno' is an account of a journey ..."

4. The Quarterly Review by William Gifford, George Walter Prothero, John Gibson Lockhart, John Murray, Whitwell Elwin, John Taylor Coleridge, Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle, William Macpherson, William Smith (1907)
"Ill—DANTE'S 'Inferno' AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY? 1. Time-references in the Divina Commedia ... The ostensible narrative of the ' Inferno ' is an account of a journey ..."

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