INFERNO Synonyms

• a strong flame that burns brightly

• a cause of difficulty and suffering

• noisy and unrestrained mischief

• a light within the field of vision that is brighter than the brightness to which the eyes are adapted

• a light-colored marking

• shine brightly and intensively

• shoot rapidly and repeatedly

• burn brightly and intensely

• move rapidly and as if blazing

• indicate by marking trees with blazes

• a large outdoor fire that is lighted as a signal or in celebration

• a process in which a substance reacts with oxygen to give heat and light

• a state of violent disturbance and excitement

• the act of burning something

• a storm in which violent winds are drawn into the column of hot air rising over a severely bombed area

• an outburst of controversy

• an enclosed chamber in which heat is produced to heat buildings, destroy refuse, smelt or refine ores, etc.

• an open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire can be built

• home symbolized as a part of the fireplace

• an area near a fireplace (usually paved and extending out into a room)

• an act of mass destruction and loss of life (especially in war or by fire)

• the mass murder of Jews under the German Nazi regime from 1941 until 1945

• capable of causing burns

• hot and dry enough to burn or parch a surface

• a raging and rapidly spreading conflagration

• any place of pain and turmoil

• (Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment

• a sizeable hole (usually in the ground)

• a concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression)

• the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed

• (Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment

• an enclosure in which animals are made to fight

• (commodity exchange) the part of the floor of a commodity exchange where trading in a particular commodity is carried on

• (auto racing) an area at the side of a racetrack where the race cars are serviced and refueled

• a trap in the form of a concealed hole

• a surface excavation for extracting stone or slate

• lowered area in front of a stage where an orchestra accompanies the performers

• a workplace consisting of a coal mine plus all the buildings and equipment connected with it

• set into opposition or rivalry

• mark with a scar

• remove the pits from

• any place of pain and turmoil

• (Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment

• (religion) the world of the dead

• (Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment

• any place of pain and turmoil

• pejorative terms for an insane asylum

• any place of pain and turmoil