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Meanings of
diabolical
in English
Extremely evil or cruel; expressive of cruelty or befitting hell.
infernal
devilish
unholy
hellish
fiendish
satanic
demonic
diabolic
mephistophelian
mephistophelean
Related terms
evil
Synonyms
Examples for "
infernal
"
infernal
devilish
unholy
hellish
fiendish
Examples for "
infernal
"
1
Kept on sniffing all the time; evidently recently caught an
infernal
cold.
2
He may have missed it in the
infernal
howling of the brute.
3
A fearful scene appears in the deepest circle of the
infernal
abodes.
4
The Ygg-drasill has three roots; two spring from the
infernal
regions -i.e.
5
AVERNUS, n. The lake by which the ancients entered the
infernal
regions.
1
You are poor,
devilish
poor;-thatthe hole in your coat assures me.
2
Their
devilish
tears are contagious; and I can't cry; it chokes me.
3
His yellow teeth in their blue gums flashed in a
devilish
smile.
4
The overwhelming sea ran in dark watery mountains crested with
devilish
fire.
5
Chastity is just as unnatural and
devilish
as hunger; I hate both.
1
Forget about the
unholy
shenanigans up in Omagh a few weeks ago.
2
And thus Nedna: the
unholy
union between Ned Flanders and Edna Krabappel.
3
I leave Your Mercies to judge the
unholy
logic of that process.
4
He was on Cader Sedat, that enchanted island, long since made
unholy
.
5
The cunning face of the half-breed was lit by an
unholy
grin.
1
Others in the cutter had noted the incident of the
hellish
fight.
2
He heard them coming, them with their
hellish
questions and clicking claws.
3
I passed a
hellish
night, and the following morning, I told Dad.
4
Qasr-el-Aini was almost a
hellish
experience, with cars honking the whole time.
5
He knew what a
hellish
experience it was to end a marriage.
1
Clyde's
fiendish
mind has not stopped at so simple an abasement, however.
2
This is a place of arcane rules and
fiendish
levels of bureaucracy.
3
The
fiendish
manner in which we were to be killed unmanned me.
4
Yes, faint but unmistakable; the sounds filled him with a
fiendish
joy.
5
The
fiendish
laughter that just now sounded in my ears proceeded from-
1
We have witnesses who've seen her celebrate
satanic
rites with the children.
2
I do not remember ever being involved in
satanic
trauma with Bob.
3
The
satanic
cunning of the proposal was lost upon his sodden intellect.
4
My father painted a
satanic
pentagram and green swastikas on my body.
5
A university president intersperses his commencement address with
satanic
chants and noises.
1
The
demonic
presence in the center of the room changed yet again.
2
And as I held out hope, it lengthened my own,
demonic
vision.
3
Yes? He gestured, and a
demonic
secretary appeared in his colossal hand.
4
The clarity of expression; the perversion as well as the
demonic
purity.
5
Against him the unfathomable power of evil struggles with eternal
demonic
malice.
1
The gulf is the difference between the angelic and the
diabolic
temperament.
2
For hundreds of years this idea of
diabolic
possession was steadily developed.
3
When it was finished, he told himself, the portrait would be
diabolic
.
4
Understand, I do not say that it was not spiritual or
diabolic
.
5
Divine visions are effected by representations in heaven;
diabolic
by magic in hell.
1
The face was almost
mephistophelian
in effect.
2
And Mr. Whistler's
Mephistophelian
form disappeared into the black of the night.
3
Hare, with his queer,
Mephistophelian
countenance, was the wickeder of the two.
4
His smile held the polished brutality of the most
Mephistophelian
Mephistopheles.
5
The face was made
Mephistophelian
,
and the front half of him wore scarlet.
1
That
Mephistophelean
spirit of detraction has wide scope in this day.
2
It's a
Mephistophelean
thing: I can show you power and money if you go with me.
3
He was thus the very man to pour a cool
Mephistophelean
spray upon Schiller's emotional fervors.
4
Mendoza, with a
Mephistophelean
smile, bows profoundly.
5
When he smiled he revealed a row of very large white teeth, and his smile was correctly
Mephistophelean
.
Usage of
diabolical
in English
1
Unfortunately, this
diabolical
practice is by no means confined to local authorities.
2
The rumors of the
diabolical
plot reached the ears of Kit Carson.
3
A bird with a most
diabolical
shrieking note cursed in the shadows.
4
This is what sequestration has become:
diabolical
descriptions of soldiers mowing lawns.
5
The next has a more
diabolical
character than any of the preceding.
6
Toddy was so nicknamed because of his
diabolical
cleverness in concocting toddies.
7
The pit is hell, whence came the
smoke
,
-
the
diabolical
system of delusion.
8
The plot seemed too
diabolical
and too improbable for anybody to believe.
9
The new title of Imperator was explained to mean something very
diabolical
.
10
He had a
diabolical
sense of humor, and he loved provoking her.
11
There is certainly something
diabolical
about it when it is well done.
12
He instantly detected the
diabolical
quality of his visitant, and was prepared.
13
They called it the
diabolical
match -you'll probably have one too.'
14
The familiar features sported by these
diabolical
abominations tipoff at real menace.
15
She had, with a sort of
diabolical
cleverness, succeeded in losing herself.
16
Bray Wyatt seems to have the same plan for his
diabolical
cult.
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diabolical
Adjective
Frequent collocations
most diabolical
diabolical grin
diabolical scheme
so diabolical
diabolical smile
More collocations
Diabolical
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Diabolical
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