Adjective

(en adjective)

Of the poorest quality.

Hateful.

* 1779 , Jefferson, letter to Patrick Henry written on March 27

But is an enemy so execrable , that, though in captivity, his wishes and comforts are to be disregarded and even crossed? I think not. It is for the benefit of mankind to mitigate the horrors of war as much as possible.

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Adjective

(en adjective)

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.

* Addison

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,