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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).
noun. , plural in·fer·nos. hell; the infernal regions. a place or region that resembles hell: 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.
noun [ C ] us / ɪnˈfɝː.noʊ / uk / ɪnˈfɜː.nəʊ / plural infernos. Add to word list. a very large uncontrolled fire: a raging inferno. The building was an inferno by the time the fire department arrived. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Fire & flame. beacon. blaze. bonfire. brand. brush fire. bushfire. conflagration. dumpster fire.
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.
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. The Latin word infernus means "of the lower regions." Using inferno to mean "hell" is credited to medieval Italian
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.
Apr 17, 2024 · 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.
A large fire, a conflagration. Wiktionary. Synonyms: the-pits. snake-pit. hellhole. hell-on-earth. conflagration. pit. nether-region. infernal region. perdition. holocaust. hades. fire. underworld. abyss. Other Word Forms of Inferno.
