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Synonyms

all-fired

American  
[awl-fahyuhrd] / ˈɔlˌfaɪərd /

adjective

superlative

all-firedest

  1. tremendous; extreme; excessive.

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

adverb

  1. Also all-firedly extremely; excessively.

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

adjective

  1. (prenominal) excessive; extreme

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adverb

  1. (intensifier)

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

Origin of all-fired

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

Example Sentences

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It was Albert, not Victoria, who was so all-fired prim and proper that the term Victorian was saddled on her era as a synonym for Puritan rigidity.

From Time Magazine Archive

Appalachian cabins never gleamed so spiffily as at Dolly Parton's new Dollywood in Pigeon Forge, Tenn. Country music rarely sounded so all-fired wholesome as it does at Nashville's Opryland.

From Time Magazine Archive

And thank heavens for Irene Saltz, without whose all-fired energy Tarbox would never have achieved such an effective League of Women Voters or Fair Housing Group.

From Time Magazine Archive

There were about ten guys throwing horseshoes, and the clangs and the cheers that came from them made it seem like it was all-fired important—like it probably was to a bunch of chumps.

From "Okay for Now" by Gary D. Schmidt

Then most of the adults started to gather around the cleared tables and I went over to the deserted horseshoe pits to see what was so all-fired important about throwing horseshoes.

From "Okay for Now" by Gary D. Schmidt

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