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[ dahy-uh-bol-ik ] / ˌdaɪ əˈbɒl ɪk / SEE SYNONYMS FOR diabolic ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivehaving the qualities of a devil; devilish; fiendish; outrageously wicked: a diabolic plot. pertaining to or actuated by a devil. Also di·a·bol·i·cal [dahy-uh-bol-i-kuhl] /ˌdaɪ əˈbɒl ɪ kəl/ . Origin of diabolic1350–1400; Middle English diabolik (<Middle French ) <Late Latin diabolicus<Greek diabolikós, equivalent to diábol(os) devil + -ikos-ic OTHER WORDS FROM diabolicdi·a·bol·i·cal·ly, adverbdi·a·bol·i·cal·ness, nounhy·per·di·a·bol·i·cal, adjectivehy·per·di·a·bol·i·cal·ly, adverb hy·per·di·a·bol·i·cal·ness, nounnon·di·a·bol·ic, adjectivenon·di·a·bol·i·cal, adjectivenon·di·a·bol·i·cal·ly, adverbnon·di·a·bol·i·cal·ness, nounsu·per·di·a·bol·i·cal, adjectivesu·per·di·a·bol·i·cal·ly, adverbsu·per·di·a·bol·i·cal·ness, noun Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for diabolicWe were back to the same old world where our enemies were everywhere, and they were diabolically clever. What ‘Homeland’ Could Learn From ‘The Americans’|Alyssa Rosenberg|May 2, 2013|DAILY BEAST I have been to diabolically crowded shows of art by van Gogh, Vermeer, and Caravaggio, at the Met and elsewhere. Our ‘Crush’ on McQueen|Blake Gopnik|August 3, 2011|DAILY BEAST A nation gaped on as she fumbled for words, diabolically mixed metaphors and lay her head on the desk in outrage. Paula Abdul's Live To Dance Comeback|Richard Rushfield|January 5, 2011|DAILY BEAST He had written into that note—by a code of diabolically ingenious wording—a secret message to his own spies in Washington. Tarrano the Conqueror|Raymond King Cummings
Beside which, a strange lust for work possessed the diabolically gnarled body. The Surprises of Life|Georges Clemenceau The week's sensation was dealt with in a double-page article by the editor, diabolically clever. The House by the River|A. P. Herbert Yes, it was clever, it was diabolically clever; but you know what Bobby Burns says about the best-laid schemes of mice and men. The Boy Scouts Book of Stories|Various Diabolically clever also is his imitation of a Sarcey critique on Molire, for Sarcey was no friend of character dramas. Iconoclasts|James Huneker
British Dictionary definitions for diabolic
adjectiveof, relating to, or proceeding from the devil; satanic befitting a devil; extremely cruel or wicked; fiendish very difficult or unpleasant Derived forms of diabolicdiabolically, adverbdiabolicalness, nounWord Origin for diabolicC14: from Late Latin diabolicus, from Greek diabolikos, from diabolos devil Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to diabolicatrocious, cruel, damnable, demonic, devilish, hellish, impious, infernal, monstrous, nasty, nefarious, satanic, serpentine, shocking, unhallowed, unpleasant, vicious, vile, villainous, wicked |