Inferno

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Inferno \In*fer"no\, n. [It. See {Infernal}.]
     1. The infernal regions; hell.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     2. Hence: A raging fire.
        [PJC]


  
              At each sudden explosion in the inferno below they
              sprang back from the brink [of the volcanic crater].
                                                    --D. C.
                                                    Worcester.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  inferno
       n 1: any place of pain and turmoil; "the hell of battle"; "the
            inferno of the engine room"; "when you're alone
            Christmas is the pits"; [syn: {hell}, {hell on earth}, {hellhole},
             {snake pit}, {the pits}]
       2: a very intense and uncontrolled fire [syn: {conflagration}]
       3: (Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil;
          where sinners suffer eternal punishment; "Hurl'd
          headlong...To bottomless perdition, there to dwell"- John
          Milton; "a demon from the depths of the pit" [syn: {Hell},
           {perdition}, {infernal region}, {nether region}, {the pit}]
          [ant: {Heaven}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  37 Moby Thesaurus words for "inferno":
     Abaddon, Gehenna, Hades, Naraka, Pandemonium, Sheol, Tophet,
     Torrid Zone, abyss, avichi, blazes, conflagration, equator,
     furnace, hades, hell, holocaust, infernal regions, jahannan, limbo,
     lower world, nether world, netherworld, oven, perdition, pit,
     place of torment, purgatory, shades below, steam bath, subtropics,
     the abyss, the bottomless pit, the grave, the pit, tropics,
     underworld