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Infernal

Of or pertaining to or suitable for the lower regions, inhabited, according to the ancients, by the dead; pertaining to Pluto's realm of the dead, the Tartarus of the ancients.

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Chthonic 84% connected

Pertaining to the earth; earthy; as, chthonic religions.

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Chthonic 84% connected

Pertaining to the earth; earthy; as, chthonic religions.

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Cursed 84% connected

of Curse

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Cursed 84% connected

of Curse

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Curst 84% connected

of Curse

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Curst 84% connected

of Curse

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Evil 84% connected

Having qualities tending to injury and mischief; having a nature or properties which tend to badness; mischievous; not good; worthless or deleterious…

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Evil 84% connected

Having qualities tending to injury and mischief; having a nature or properties which tend to badness; mischievous; not good; worthless or deleterious…

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Nether 84% connected

Situated down or below; lying beneath, or in the lower part; having a lower position; belonging to the region below; lower; under; -- opposed to uppe…

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Nether 84% connected

Situated down or below; lying beneath, or in the lower part; having a lower position; belonging to the region below; lower; under; -- opposed to uppe…

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Plutonian 84% connected

Plutonic.

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Plutonian 84% connected

Plutonic.

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Stygian 84% connected

Of or pertaining to the river Styx; hence, hellish; infernal. See Styx.

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Stygian 84% connected

Of or pertaining to the river Styx; hence, hellish; infernal. See Styx.

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Tartarean 84% connected

Alt. of Tartareous

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Tartarean 84% connected

Alt. of Tartareous

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Deceased 76% connected

of Decease

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Decedent 76% connected

Removing; departing.

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Departed 76% connected

of Depart

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Perdition 74% connected

Entire loss; utter destruction; ruin; esp., the utter loss of the soul, or of final happiness in a future state; future misery or eternal death.

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Perdition 74% connected

Entire loss; utter destruction; ruin; esp., the utter loss of the soul, or of final happiness in a future state; future misery or eternal death.

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Evil 66% connected

Having qualities tending to injury and mischief; having a nature or properties which tend to badness; mischievous; not good; worthless or deleterious…

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Evil 66% connected

Having qualities tending to injury and mischief; having a nature or properties which tend to badness; mischievous; not good; worthless or deleterious…

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Blame 92% connected

To censure; to express disapprobation of; to find fault with; to reproach.

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Blamed 92% connected

of Blame

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Blasted 92% connected

of Blast

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Blessed 92% connected

of Bless

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Damn 92% connected

To condemn; to declare guilty; to doom; to adjudge to punishment; to sentence; to censure.

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Damned 92% connected

of Damn

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Darned 92% connected

of Darn

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Demonic 92% connected

Of or pertaining to a demon or to demons; demoniac.

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Deuced 92% connected

Devilish; excessive; extreme.

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Diabolic 92% connected

Alt. of Diabolical

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Diabolical 92% connected

Pertaining to the devil; resembling, or appropriate, or appropriate to, the devil; devilish; infernal; impious; atrocious; nefarious; outrageously wi…

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Fiendish 92% connected

Like a fiend; diabolically wicked or cruel; infernal; malignant; devilish; hellish.

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Hellish 92% connected

Of or pertaining to hell; like hell; infernal; malignant; wicked; detestable; diabolical.

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Satanic 92% connected

Alt. of Satanical

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Unholy 92% connected

Not holy; unhallowed; not consecrated; hence, profane; wicked; impious.

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Supernal 94% connected

Being in a higher place or region; locally higher; as, the supernal orbs; supernal regions.

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Supernal 94% connected

Being in a higher place or region; locally higher; as, the supernal orbs; supernal regions.

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