ALL-FIRED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does all-fired mean? 

• ALL-FIRED (adjective)
  The adjective ALL-FIRED has 1 sense:

1. extreme

  Familiarity information: ALL-FIRED used as an adjective is very rare.

• ALL-FIRED (adverb)
  The adverb ALL-FIRED has 1 sense:

1. extremely

  Familiarity information: ALL-FIRED used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ALL-FIRED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Extreme

Context example:

why is he in such an all-fired hurry?

Similar:

immoderate (beyond reasonable limits)

Domain usage:

colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)

• ALL-FIRED (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Extremely

Synonyms:

all-fired; all-firedly; bloody; damn

Context example:

Why are you so all-fired aggressive?

Domain usage:

intensifier; intensive (a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies)

Pertainym:

all-fired (extreme)

 Context examples 

"But it's all-fired hot in summer, beggin' your pardon," Skiff Miller laughed.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

"Well, you needn't get so all-fired het up about it. Judgin' by your actions one'd think you didn't know your own mind."

(White Fang, by Jack London)

You make me all-fired tired.

(White Fang, by Jack London)