all-fired

English

Etymology

Probably a euphemistic form of hell-fired.

Adjective

all-fired (not comparable)

1. (chiefly US, informal) Extreme, excessive.
   • 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, ch. 16:

     It's an all-fired outrage to tell any human creature that he's bound to hell.

Adverb

all-fired (not comparable)

1. (chiefly US, intensifier, informal) Extremely, inordinately, very.
   • 1909, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Anne of Avonlea, ch. 14:

     Of course, I was only stringing Jerry . . . he thinks he's so all-fired cute and smart.

Synonyms

• all-firedly