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| English Dictionary: diabolic |
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| 2 results for diabolic |
| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- diabolic
- 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"
Synonym(s): devilish, diabolic, diabolical, mephistophelian, mephistophelean
- 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"
Synonym(s): demonic, diabolic, diabolical, fiendish, hellish, infernal, satanic, unholy
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Diabolic \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. [bd]Diabolic power.[b8] --Milton.
[bd]The diabolical institution.[b8] --Motley. --
{Di`a*bol"ic*al*ly}, adv. -- {Di`a*bol"ic*al*ness}, n.
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