as in cursed
deserving of one's condemnation or displeasure
I detest that infernal machine
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Recent Examples of infernal
Because of the infernal heat and swamplike humidity at Beech Bend, there was a lot of prep work to be done before the Nostalgia Nationals elimination rounds could commence.
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Rachel Kushner, Harper's Magazine, 2 Dec. 2024
As the winter sun dipped beneath the horizon, the infernal roar of thousands upon thousands of horsepower filled the air as the race got underway.
—Nicholas Foulkes, airmail.news, 23 Nov. 2024
Christ and his angels battled for your salvation, while the Devil and his many demonic spirits sought to trick and tempt, to pull you into their infernal kingdom.
—James Wood, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2024
The stake, with the hooded heretic, the black man or the witch attached to it, is the burning tree and body of the infernal world.
—John Ganz, Harper's Magazine, 22 May 2024
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Rachel Kushner, Harper's Magazine, 2 Dec. 2024
As the winter sun dipped beneath the horizon, the infernal roar of thousands upon thousands of horsepower filled the air as the race got underway.
—Nicholas Foulkes, airmail.news, 23 Nov. 2024
Christ and his angels battled for your salvation, while the Devil and his many demonic spirits sought to trick and tempt, to pull you into their infernal kingdom.
—James Wood, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2024
The stake, with the hooded heretic, the black man or the witch attached to it, is the burning tree and body of the infernal world.
—John Ganz, Harper's Magazine, 22 May 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for infernal
Adjective
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On March 25, Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, shared an extremely cursed image of himself and fellow OpenAI scientists Gabriel Goh and Prafulla Dhariwal as Ghibli-esque, uh, tech guys.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
27 Mar. 2025
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If anything, phonk radiates a pure anti-politics, a cursed air raid siren for the polycrisis.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
26 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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This is great news for our model but terrible for upsets.—
Jordan Brenner,
New York Times,
4 Apr. 2025
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The domestic box office is presently in a terrible state, and Minecraft could prove to be the shot of confidence Hollywood studios and cinema owners need after recent films, including Disney’s Snow White, have turned into major disappointments.—
Pamela McClintock,
HollywoodReporter,
4 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Failure to invest in protecting the vulnerable likely means the current awful trends will continue.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Apr. 2025
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There are so many connections between all these awful people.—
Mikey O'Connell,
HollywoodReporter,
2 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Drawing the line isn’t easy, and the damnable thing is that standards change from generation to generation.—
Daniel Foster,
National Review,
23 Jan. 2025
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Our Sunday Hot Button Top 10 notes column brings you what’s on our minds, locally and nationally but from a Miami perspective and accentuating stuff that’s big, weird, damnable, funny or otherwise worth needling, as the sports week just past pivots to the week ahead.—
Greg Cote,
Miami Herald,
5 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The watch measure 44 mm, is made from blasted titanium and features a honeycomb skeletonization of the case that reduces the weight by 50 percent, Ross told Robb Report.—
Allen Farmelo,
Robb Report,
6 Dec. 2024
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When the moment of triumph finally arrived, with a blasted inside-in forehand to the postage stamp corner of the court, Djokovic, 37, crouched to his knees and immediately succumbed to the first set of tears.—
Matthew Futterman,
The Athletic,
4 Aug. 2024
Adjective
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Must be able to play an accursed whalebone lyre while consuming five sticks of unsalted butter.—
Keaton Patti,
The New Yorker,
16 Aug. 2019
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The others have tried to forget all about it, and have managed to put some distance between themselves and their accursed hometown.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
3 Sep. 2019
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“Infernal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infernal. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.
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