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单词 satanic
释义 sa·tan·ic
\səˈtanik, (ˈ)sā|t-, -nēk\ adjective
Etymology: Late Greek satanikos, from Greek Satan, Satanas Satan + -ikos -ic
1. sometimes capitalized
 a. : of, relating to, or characteristic of Satan or his minions
  < in secular history satanic interference is more conspicuous than divine guidance — E.E.Aubrey >
  < satanic pride in the powerful negation of God — E.J.Simmons >
 b. : resembling Satan in appearance : mephistophelian, saturnine
  < a pointed satanic face >
  < herds of satanic black goats — Mollie Panter-Downes >
 c. : derisive
  < the sound of faint satanic mirth — Gordden Link >
2.
 a. : characterized by extreme cruelty or viciousness : diabolical, fiendish
  < not only the ape and the tiger, but what is far worse — perverted and satanic man — Walter Moberly >
 b. : of a hideous or forbidding aspect : ghoulish, infernal
  < the black satanic landscapes of the Midlands — H.C.Darby >
  < mills which are dark and satanic with the glare and smoke of the furnaces — Sam Pollock >
 c. : of an excruciating nature : hellish
  < battle against … satanic conditions of climate — J.S.Bradford >
3. : of a repellent or demented nature : awful, demoniac
 < hoped that his other hat … would be smaller and paler than the satanic thing he had always worn pulled down over his eyes — Elinor Wylie >
 < irreverent, slightly satanic, and resolutely bawdy — C.J.Rolo >
4. : of, relating to, or constituting a group of 19th century writers castigated as immoral by their more pious contemporaries
 < a satanic spirit of pride and audacious impiety — Robert Southey >
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