'Inferno' definitions:
Definition of 'inferno'
From: WordNet
noun
Any place of pain and turmoil; "the hell of battle"; "the inferno of the engine room"; "when you're alone Christmas is the pits"; [syn: hell, hell on earth, hellhole, snake pit, the pits, inferno]
noun
A very intense and uncontrolled fire [syn: conflagration, inferno]
noun
(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"; "Hell is paved with good intentions"-Dr. Johnson [syn: Hell, perdition, Inferno, infernal region, nether region, pit] [ant: Heaven]
Definition of 'Inferno'
From: GCIDE
- Inferno \In*fer"no\, n. [It. See Infernal.]
- 1. The infernal regions; hell. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- 2. Hence: A raging fire. [PJC]
- At each sudden explosion in the inferno below they sprang back from the brink [of the volcanic crater]. --D. C. Worcester. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Synonyms of 'inferno'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- Abaddon,
- abyss,
- avichi,
- blazes,
- conflagration,
- equator,
- furnace,
- Gehenna,
- Hades,
- 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