INFERNO
Dictionary entry overview: What does Inferno mean?
• INFERNO (noun)
The noun INFERNO has 3 senses:
1. any place of pain and turmoil
2. a very intense and uncontrolled fire
3. (Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment
Familiarity information: INFERNO used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• INFERNO (noun)
Meaning:
Any place of pain and turmoil
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
hell; hell on earth; hellhole; inferno; snake pit; the pits
Context examples:
the hell of battle / the inferno of the engine room / when you're alone Christmas is the pits
Hypernyms ("inferno" is a kind of...):
part; region (the extended spatial location of something)
Meaning:
A very intense and uncontrolled fire
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Synonyms:
conflagration; inferno
Hypernyms ("inferno" is a kind of...):
fire (the event of something burning (often destructive))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "inferno"):
wildfire (a raging and rapidly spreading conflagration)
Meaning:
(Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
infernal region; nether region; perdition; Hell; Inferno; pit
Context examples:
Hurl'd headlong...To bottomless perdition, there to dwell / a demon from the depths of the pit
Hypernyms ("Inferno" is a kind of...):
fictitious place; imaginary place; mythical place (a place that exists only in imagination; a place said to exist in fictional or religious writings)
Domain category:
Christian religion; Christianity (a monotheistic system of beliefs and practices based on the Old Testament and the teachings of Jesus as embodied in the New Testament and emphasizing the role of Jesus as savior)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Inferno"):
Gehenna; Tartarus (a place where the wicked are punished after death)
hellfire; red region (a place of eternal fire envisaged as punishment for the damned)
