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- DictionaryIn·fer·no/inˈfərnō/
noun
- 1. a large fire that is dangerously out of control: "the inferno had swept through the city"
- 2. hell (with reference to Dante's Divine Comedy).
The meaning of INFERNO is a place or a state that resembles or suggests hell; also : an intense fire : conflagration. How to use inferno in a sentence.
The place had turned into an inferno. The objection to the apparently compulsive use of such phrases as 'raging inferno' and 'death toll' is precisely that they may have lost their impact by constant use. Because many of the decorations were of a highly inflammable type, the hall was soon an inferno.
Examples of inferno. inferno. The fire spread throughout a labyrinth of coal mines beneath the town, essentially creating a giant underground inferno. From Business Insider. I saw them dancing and having a fun time, and 10 minutes later they are trapped in this inferno. From Los Angeles Times.
noun. hell; the infernal regions. The ironworks was an inferno of molten steel and half-naked bodies. (initial capital letter, italics) the first part of Dante's Divine Comedy, depicting hell and the suffering of the damned. Compare paradise ( def 7 ), purgatory ( def 2 ).
inferno. noun. /ɪnˈfɜːnəʊ/. /ɪnˈfɜːrnəʊ/. [usually singular] (plural infernos) a very large dangerous fire that is out of control. a blazing/raging inferno. The flames quickly turned the house into a raging inferno.
An inferno is a huge fire that's difficult to control, like an inferno that burns down a whole city block. Inferno also can describe any horrible place where people suffer.
noun Word forms: plural -nos. 1. hell; the infernal regions. 2. a place or region that resembles hell. The ironworks was an inferno of molten steel and half-naked bodies. 3. (cap, italics) the first part of Dante's Divine Comedy, depicting hell and the suffering of the damned.
1. A place or condition suggestive of hell, especially with respect to human suffering or death: the inferno of battle. 2. A place of fiery heat or destruction. [Italian, hell, from Late Latin īnfernus; see infernal.] American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
The ironworks was an inferno of molten steel and half-naked bodies. Synonyms: oven , hellhole , furnace (initial capital letter, italics) the first part of Dante's Divine Comedy, depicting hell and the suffering of the damned.
Definition of inferno noun in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
