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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).
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noun [ C ] uk / ɪnˈfɜː.nəʊ / us / ɪnˈfɝː.noʊ / plural infernos. Add to word list. a very large uncontrolled fire: a raging inferno. The building was an inferno by the time the fire service arrived. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Fire & flame. beacon. blaze. bonfire. brand. brush fire. bushfire. conflagration. dumpster fire. fireball.
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.
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.
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. Compare paradise (sense 7), purgatory (sense 2) SYNONYMS 2. furnace, hellhole, oven.
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.
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. Compare paradise ( def 7 ), purgatory ( def 2 ). inferno. / ɪnˈfɜːnəʊ / noun.
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.
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. Three men managed to escape from the inferno. Word Origin. Take your English to the next level.
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Jun 27, 2024 · From Italian inferno (“hell”), from Latin infernus (“of the lower regions”), inferna (“the lower regions”); see infernal . The meaning "big fire" came as a figurative use from the traditional idea of hellfire .
