all-fired

[ awl-fahyuhrd ]

adjective

, superlative all-fired·est.

1. tremendous; extreme; excessive:

   He had the all-fired gall to quit in the middle of the job.

adverb

1. Also all-fired·ly [] extremely; excessively:

   Don't be so all-fired sure of yourself.

all-fired

adjective

1. prenominal excessive; extreme

adverb

1. (intensifier)

   don't be so all-fired sure of yourself!

Word History and Origins

Origin of all-fired¹

First recorded in 1825–35; probably euphemism for hell-fired

Word History and Origins

Origin of all-fired¹

altered from hell-fired

Example Sentences

I guess she thought this was pretty all-fired important.

From Literature

Just why one particular TV preacher is so all-fired important isn’t clear, and neither is anything else about this overwrought mess.

From New York Times

And I don't mind telling you, too, that she had been making me have considerable of a hard time of it, too; and there warn't no way of contenting her, she was so all-fired pernicketty.

From Project Gutenberg

But there," he added, after a moment, "I expect it seems kind of all-fired lonesome to a city man, don't it now?

From Project Gutenberg

Well, only last week his chickens got so all-fired hungry that they went out on the trail and tried to hold up a bull-train to get some corn.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• darned
• lousy