Associations to the word «Inferno»

Wiktionary

INFERNO, noun. A place or situation resembling Hell.
INFERNO, noun. A large fire, a conflagration.

Dictionary definition

INFERNO, noun. Any place of pain and turmoil; "the hell of battle"; "the inferno of the engine room"; "when you're alone Christmas is the pits";.
INFERNO, noun. A very intense and uncontrolled fire.
INFERNO, noun. (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.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats