About The Word Diabolic
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Diabolic
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What's The Definition Of Diabolic?
[adj] extremely evil or cruel; expressive of cruelty or befitting hell; "something demonic in him--something that could be cruel"; "fires lit up a diabolic scene"; "diabolical sorcerers under the influence of devils"; "a fiendish despot"; "hellish torture"; "infernal instruments of war"; "satanic cruelty"; "unholy grimaces"
[adj] showing the cunning or ingenuity or wickedness typical of a devil; "devilish schemes"; "the cold calculation and diabolic art of some statesmen"; "the diabolical expression on his face"; "a mephistophelian glint in his eye" Synonyms | Synonyms for Diabolic: demonic | devilish | diabolical | evil | fiendish | hellish | infernal | mephistophelean | mephistophelian | satanic | unholy | wicked Related Terms | Find terms related to Diabolic: abominable | accursed | animal | anthropophagous | appalling | atrocious | awful | bad | barbaric | barbarous | base | beastly | bestial | bloodthirsty | bloody | bloody-minded | brutal | brutalized | brute | brutish | cannibalistic | corrupt | cruel | cruel-hearted | cursed | damnable | demoniac | demoniacal | demonic | demonish | demonlike | depraved | devilish | devil-like | diabolical | Draconian | dreadful | evil | execrable | fell | feral | ferocious | fiendish | fiendlike | fierce | flagitious | foul | ghoulish | heinous | hellborn | hellish | hideous | horrible | horrid | ill | impious | infernal | inhuman | inhumane | iniquitous | maleficent | malevolent | malicious | malign | Mephistophelian | monstrous | murderous | odious | ogreish | ruthless | sadistic | sanguinary | sanguineous | satanic | savage | serpentine | sharkish | sinful | sinister | slavering | subhuman | Tartarean | terrible | truculent | unchristian | uncivilized | ungodly | unhallowed | unhuman | vicious | vile | wicked | wolfish See Also | Diabolic In Webster's Dictionary \Di`a*bol"ic\, Diabolical \Di`a*bol"ic*al\, a. [L.
diabolicus, Gr. ? devilish, slanderous: cf. F. diabolique.
See {Devil}.]
Pertaining to the devil; resembling, or appropriate, or
appropriate to, the devil; devilish; infernal; impious;
atrocious; nefarious; outrageously wicked; as, a diabolic or
diabolical temper or act. ``Diabolic power.'' --Milton. ``The
diabolical institution.'' --Motley. -- {Di`a*bol"ic*al*ly},
adv. -- {Di`a*bol"ic*al*ness}, n.
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