all-fired

adj, adv — 2 senses

all-fired

adj

Etymology Probably a euphemistic form of hell-fired.

1

US, Informal Extreme, excessive.

It's an all-fired outrage to tell any human creature that he's bound to hell.1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter 16, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:

all-fired

adv

Etymology Probably a euphemistic form of hell-fired.

1

US, Emphatic, Informal, Intensifier Extremely, thoroughly, very.

Of course, I was only stringing Jerry . . . he thinks he's so all-fired cute and smart.1909, Lucy Maud Montgomery, chapter 14, in Anne of Avonlea:
Latha dear, she said resolutely, once in your life you'll just have to quit being so all-fired superstitious.1970, Donald Harington, Lightning Bug, published 2005, page 32:

1 more example

Sometimes I'm tired and I wonder / What's so all-fired important / About being someplace at some time1972, Carole King, “Bitter with the Sweet”, in Rhymes & Reasons:

Synonyms: all-firedly

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