all-fired
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all-fired
(ôl′fīrd′)adv. Informal
Used as an intensive: Don't be so all-fired aggressive.
[Alteration of hell-fired.]
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all-fired
adj
(prenominal) excessive; extreme
adv
(intensifier): don't be so all-fired sure of yourself!.
[altered from hell-fired]
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all′-fired`
adv. Informal.
extremely; excessively: Don't be so all-fired sure of yourself.
[1825–35; probably euphemism for hell-fired]
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Adj. | 1. | all-fired - extreme; used as an intensifier; "why is he in such an all-fired hurry?" colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech immoderate - beyond reasonable limits; "immoderate laughter"; "immoderate spending" |
Adv. | 1. | all-fired - extremely; "you are bloody right"; "Why are you so all-fired aggressive?" intensifier, intensive - a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies; "`up' in `finished up' is an intensifier"; "`honestly' in `I honestly don't know' is an intensifier" |
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