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Meanings of demonic in inglês

Extremely evil or cruel; expressive of cruelty or befitting hell.

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      Pertaining to, or characteristic of a demon or evil spirit.

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            Examples for "devilish"
            Examples for "devilish"
            1
            You are poor, devilish poor;-thatthe hole in your coat assures me.
            Night and Morning, Volume 1
            2
            Their devilish tears are contagious; and I can't cry; it chokes me.
            The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 17, March, 1859 / A Magazin...
            3
            His yellow teeth in their blue gums flashed in a devilish smile.
            The Root of Evil
            4
            The overwhelming sea ran in dark watery mountains crested with devilish fire.
            Hard Cash
            5
            Chastity is just as unnatural and devilish as hunger; I hate both.
            Oscar Wilde, His Life and Confessions. Volume 2 (of 2)
            1
            There was the same hatred, the same demoniac fierceness in it now.
            The Danger Trail
            2
            He looked into the glare of the demoniac's eyes: the demons fled.
            From Jest to Earnest
            3
            The other brothers raised a demoniac shout of triumph over his apostacy.
            The World's Greatest Books — Volume 01 — Fiction
            4
            For five solid minutes the broncho redoubled his scheme of demoniac fury.
            The Furnace of Gold
            5
            A thing impish, demoniac-purpleand dripping with blood- aspectreof nightmare dreams?
            Love's Pilgrimage: A Novel
            1
            But they are never in balance; they are always in demoniacal conflict.
            Old and New Masters
            2
            Would you also create for yourself and the world a demoniacal enemy?
            Frankenstein, or the modern Prometheus
            3
            From afar came the demoniacal laughter of coyotes on their night hunts.
            The Heart of the Desert / Kut-Le of the Desert
            4
            Only the slanting yellow eyes were alive, regarding her with demoniacal glee.
            Hell House
            5
            The scream was followed by a burst of laughter which was truly demoniacal.
            The Boy Land Boomer; Or, Dick Arbuckle's Adventures in Oklahoma
            Usage of demonic in inglês
            1
            The demonic presence in the center of the room changed yet again.
            Phantoms
            2
            And as I held out hope, it lengthened my own, demonic vision.
            Demon: a memoir
            3
            Yes? He gestured, and a demonic secretary appeared in his colossal hand.
            Johannes cabal the necromancer
            4
            The clarity of expression; the perversion as well as the demonic purity.
            Halo Silentium
            5
            Against him the unfathomable power of evil struggles with eternal demonic malice.
            The Complex Vision
            6
            But will the resident demonic spirits prove too strong for the team?
            The Irish Times
            7
            Their eyes met; his pale and green, hers a demonic Aberrant red.
            The skein of lament
            8
            In the window he was a glassy, transparent figure, a demonic ghost.
            Heart-shaped box
            9
            They roiled upon each other in a mounting wave of demonic bodies.
            The accidental demon slayer
            10
            Had the demonic stallion noted those fears at all during his probe?
            Legends of the dragonrealm, vol ii
            11
            One of the demonic technologies that will ruin our way of life.
            The Naked God
            12
            She hadn't seemed demonic at all when he'd kissed and touched her.
            Taken by sin
            13
            Then there are Supernatural Zombies, corpses possessed by spirits or demonic powers.
            Wired
            14
            Below, there was another demonic shriek, and the sound of wrenching metal.
            Death masks
            15
            There is something agreeably demonic about their sprawling, energised, living art installation.
            The Guardian
            16
            To Henry Leyden, this conversation sounds like insanity, demonic possession, or both.
            Black house
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            Demonic through the time
            Demonic across language varieties
            United States of America
            Common
            United Kingdom
            Less common