Meaning & Definition of Inferno in English

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"

2. A very intense and uncontrolled fire

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"

• "Hell is paved with good intentions"-dr. johnson