Meaning of DIABOLICAL
Pronunciation: | | d`Iub'âlikul
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- [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"
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| Synonyms: | | demonic, devilish, diabolic, evil, fiendish, hellish, infernal, mephistophelean, mephistophelian, satanic, unholy, wicked |
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| Related Terms: | | animal, anthropophagous, atrocious, barbaric, barbarous, beastly, bestial, bloodthirsty, bloody, bloody-minded, brutal, brutalized, brute, brutish, cannibalistic, cruel, cruel-hearted, cursed, damnable, demoniac, demoniacal, demonic, demonish, demonlike, devilish, devil-like, diabolic, Draconian, execrable, fell, feral, ferocious, fiendish, fiendlike, fierce, ghoulish, hellborn, hellish, infernal, inhuman, inhumane, Mephistophelian, murderous, ogreish, ruthless, sadistic, sanguinary, sanguineous, satanic, savage, sharkish, slavering, subhuman, Tartarean, truculent, unchristian, uncivilized, ungodly, unhuman, vicious, wolfish |
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