Synonyms for inferno
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : in-fur-noh; for 3 also Italian een-fer-naw |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɪnˈfɜr noʊ; for 3 also Italian inˈfɛr nɔ |
Définition of inferno
Origin :- 1834, from Italian inferno, from Latin infernus (see infernal).
- noun hell
- So, she went through the inferno of days and nights in a dreariness of suffering that was deadly.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- We stood now on the rim of the crater, looking straight into the inferno.
- Extract from : « The Underdog » by F. Hopkinson Smith
- And here, in this inferno of luggage, was White Fang deserted by the master.
- Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London
- It was an inferno of shifting lights and long leaping shadows.
- Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole
- What stories they had to tell of the inferno they had come from!
- Extract from : « The Drama Of Three Hundred & Sixty-Five Days » by Hall Caine
- The latter wrote the 'Inferno,' the 'Purgatorio,' the 'Paradiso.'
- Extract from : « Where Angels Fear to Tread » by E. M. Forster
- Thanks to the patriot's influence, the Paradise was soon to become an Inferno.
- Extract from : « Ireland as It Is » by Robert John Buckley (AKA R.J.B.)
- We had then penetrated into Manuel's inferno, too deep to be seen by them.
- Extract from : « Romance » by Joseph Conrad and F.M. Hueffer
- Dante could have found new horrors for the "Inferno" in the voyage as I made it.
- Extract from : « Where Half The World Is Waking Up » by Clarence Poe
- The bagpipes are a good thing in their place, but their place is with Dante and his Inferno.
- Extract from : « St. Cuthbert's » by Robert E. Knowles
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