all-fired

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.62 in modern English

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adj

American usage; Informal

adv

American usage; Informal

"It's an all-fired outrage to tell any human creature that he's bound to hell."
"Of course, I was only stringing Jerry . . . he thinks he's so all-fired cute and smart."
"Latha dear, she said resolutely, once in your life you'll just have to quit being so all-fired superstitious."
"Sometimes I'm tired and I wonder / What's so all-fired important / About being someplace at some time"

Probably a euphemistic form of hell-fired.

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