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depraved
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /d??p?e?vd/
Verb
depraved
- simple past tense and past participle of deprave
Adjective
depraved (comparative more depraved, superlative most depraved)
- Perverted or extremely wrong in a moral sense.
- (archaic) Distorted out of the normal course; abnormal.
- 1916, Veterinary Medicine (volume 11, page 759)
- There was a constant dripping of urine from the penis, a depraved appetite and meninguria. On examination, two calculi were easily felt, and I advised the owner that an operation was all that would save his animal […]
- 1916, Veterinary Medicine (volume 11, page 759)
Derived terms
- depraved-heart murder
- depravedly
- depravedness
Related terms
- deprave
- depravity
Translations
Anagrams
- pervaded
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infernal
English
Etymology
From Middle French infernal, from Medieval Latin infernalis, from Latin ?nfernus, from ?nferum (“netherworld, underworld, hell”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?n?f??(?)n?l/
- (US) IPA(key): /?n?f??n?l/
- Rhymes: -??(?)n?l
Adjective
infernal (comparative more infernal, superlative most infernal)
- Of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish.
- (by extension) Of or relating to a fire or inferno.
- Stygian, gloomy.
- Diabolical or fiendish.
- Th' infernal Serpent; he it was, whose guile
- Stird up with Envy and Revenge, deceiv'd
- The Mother of Mankind
- the instruments or abettors in such infernal dealings
- (as an expletive, not vulgar) Very annoying; damned.
- 1905, Bram Stoker, The Man
- As I had to put up with the patronage and the lecturings, and the eyeglass of that infernal old woman, […]
- 1905, Bram Stoker, The Man
Antonyms
- (of or relating to hell): heavenly
- (of or relating to hell, underworld or fire): celestial
Related terms
- infernal device
- infernally
- infernal machine
- inferno
Translations
Noun
infernal (plural infernals)
- (obsolete) An inhabitant of the infernal regions.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Drayton to this entry?)
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin infern?lis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??.f??.nal/
Adjective
infernal (feminine singular infernale, masculine plural infernaux, feminine plural infernales)
- infernal (relating to hell)
- (figuratively) infernal, hellish, awful, terrible
Related terms
- enfer
Further reading
- “infernal” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Old French
Etymology
From Latin infern?lis
Adjective
infernal m (oblique and nominative feminine singular infernale)
- infernal (relating to hell)
Declension
Descendants
- English: infernal
- French: infernal
- Norman: înfèrna
Portuguese
Adjective
infernal m or f (plural infernais, comparable)
- (Christianity) hellish; infernal (from or relating to hell)
- diabolical; evil; infernal
- Synonyms: mau, diabólico, maldoso
Related terms
- inferno
Romanian
Etymology
From French infernal, from Latin infernalis.
Adjective
infernal m or n (feminine singular infernal?, masculine plural infernali, feminine and neuter plural infernale)
- infernal
Declension
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin infernalis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /infe??nal/, [??.fe??nal]
Adjective
infernal (plural infernales)
- (relational) hell; infernal (of or relating to hell)
- infernal, hellish (diabolical, fiendish)
- infernal, hellish, hellacious, hell of (very annoying, damned)
Related terms
- infierno
Further reading
- “infernal” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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