diabolic
or di·a·bol·i·cal
- having the qualities of a devil; devilish; fiendish; outrageously wicked: a diabolic plot.
- pertaining to or actuated by a devil.
Origin of diabolic
Related Words for diabolical
vile, fiendish, vicious, heinous, cruel, hellish, wicked, evil, infernal, satanic, serpentine, demoniacExamples from the Web for diabolical
Contemporary Examples of diabolical
At some point, show creator Mark Burnett made the diabolical decision to extend the show to 120 minutes.
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January 5, 2015
Sharry blames a “diabolical marketing scheme” by smugglers that led to a sudden doubling of the numbers.
The most diabolical gift you can give a grad is my book How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big.
Park did his best to rescue the diabolical concoction from absurdity.
Meet the diabolical family-like group who runs one of the biggest—and most frightening—haunted houses in America.
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October 25, 2013
Historical Examples of diabolical
I didn't know there was any one living who could be so cruel, so cold, so diabolical.
DustMr. and Mrs. Haldeman-Julius
That face, now ashy white, was distorted into a diabolical grin.
Howard Pyle's Book of PiratesHoward Pyle
And let me know your progress with Lovelace, and what he says to this diabolical curse.
Clarissa, Volume 3 (of 9)Samuel Richardson
The cat looked at him with great round eyes that were diabolical in their fixedness.
Therese RaquinEmile Zola
It appears that one of these diabolical insects had got into my blankets.
Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2)William Delisle Hay
diabolical
- excruciatingly bad; outrageous
- (intensifier)a diabolical liberty
diabolic
- of, relating to, or proceeding from the devil; satanic
- befitting a devil; extremely cruel or wicked; fiendish
- very difficult or unpleasant
Word Origin for diabolic
Word Origin and History for diabolical
diabolic
late 14c., from Old French diabolique (13c.), from Late Latin diabolicus, from Ecclesiastical Greek diabolikos "devilish," from diabolos (see devil (n.)).