as in cursed
deserving of one's condemnation or displeasure
I detest that infernal machine
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Recent Examples of infernal
This time, infernal matter oozed out of a 3,000-foot-long crack that emerged near one of the protective walls to the town’s north, which managed to deflect the lava.
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Robin George Andrews, Quanta Magazine, 20 Feb. 2024
To slow its infernal advance, engineers pumped seawater from the harbor toward the red-hot lava’s leading edge.
—Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 13 Feb. 2024
Númenor’s last king heeds this infernal counsel and sails with a mighty fleet to those undying lands.
—Jack Butler, National Review, 31 Dec. 2023
Hedwig, blinkered by the bounty of her domestic environs, seemingly ignores the infernal light and smoke from nearby chimney stacks, and otherwise blocks out the machinery of mass death: the barking of guard dogs, the rumbling of crematoria, the crack of pistols, the screams of prisoners.
—Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 27 Nov. 2023
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Robin George Andrews, Quanta Magazine, 20 Feb. 2024
To slow its infernal advance, engineers pumped seawater from the harbor toward the red-hot lava’s leading edge.
—Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 13 Feb. 2024
Númenor’s last king heeds this infernal counsel and sails with a mighty fleet to those undying lands.
—Jack Butler, National Review, 31 Dec. 2023
Hedwig, blinkered by the bounty of her domestic environs, seemingly ignores the infernal light and smoke from nearby chimney stacks, and otherwise blocks out the machinery of mass death: the barking of guard dogs, the rumbling of crematoria, the crack of pistols, the screams of prisoners.
—Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 27 Nov. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for infernal
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Euphoria has been plagued by cursed timelines from the start.Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 4 Dec. 2024
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Something tells me that if this was what the Beast showed Belle instead of his massive library, his cursed employees would still be sleeping in cupboards.Sandra Gonzalez, CNN, 1 Dec. 2024
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Jack McBrayer plays a flustered resort concierge who delivers the terrible news to two bridezilla-esque adults who won’t be walking down the aisle in white but are still very invested in the nuptials.Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 11 Dec. 2024
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Food is terrible, the vibe is off, absolutely trash.Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
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But even if the company succeeds, internet users have a way of pushing the boundaries of new tools like this until every possible awful output has been demonstrated.Scott Rosenberg, Axios, 10 Dec. 2024
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As a unit, the Bengals defense has been awful, only scoring four PPG, which is the 4th least in the NFL.Steve Bradshaw, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
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Taken together, the two drove home a damnable fact about America in 2022: That virulent pus coursing through the souls of Mississippi racists in 1955 still flows and has been reconstituted in the despicable figure of Donald J. Trump and the people who follow him.Keith L. Runyon, The Courier-Journal, 17 Nov. 2022
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Wordle two steps faster than the damnable robot.Erik Kain, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2022
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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
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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 21 Dec. 2024.
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