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Grammar : Adj, noun
Spell : dih-moh-nee-ak, dee-muh-nahy-ak
Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈmoʊ niˌæk, ˌdi məˈnaɪ æk

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Définition of demoniac

Origin :
  • c.1400, "possessed, insane," earlier (late 14c.) as a noun, "one who is possessed," from Late Latin daemoniacus (c.200), from Greek daimoniakos "possessed by a demon," from diamon (see demon).
  • As in magic/magical : adj bewitching, charming
  • As in savage : adj cruel, vicious
  • As in unearthly : adj supernatural; very strange
  • As in violent : adj destructive
  • As in magical : adj bewitching
  • As in diabolical : adj devilish
  • As in maniacal : adj insane
  • As in kinetic : adj energetic
  • As in talismanic : adj magic
  • As in thaumaturgic : adj magic
  • As in thaumaturgical : adj magic
  • As in theurgic : adj magic
  • As in theurgical : adj magic
  • As in cruel : adj vicious, pitiless; causing pain
  • As in demonic : adj evil
  • As in devilish : adj wicked
  • As in diabolic : adj evil, fiendish
  • As in energetic : adj full of life; forceful
  • As in lunatic : noun person who is crazy, mad
Example sentences :
  • It was with the greatest difficulty that I was delivered from the clutches of this demoniac.
  • Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
  • Martha Brossier, daughter of a weaver at Romorantin, was shown as a demoniac, in 1578.
  • Extract from : « The Phantom World » by Augustin Calmet
  • But the path of these demoniac men was marked by the ravages of fiends.
  • Extract from : « Ferdinand De Soto, The Discoverer of the Mississippi » by John S. C. Abbott
  • It looked a demoniac place, a smoke-wreathed platform in some Inferno circle.
  • Extract from : « The Long Roll » by Mary Johnston
  • A great, black, cylindrical shell came with a demoniac shriek.
  • Extract from : « The Long Roll » by Mary Johnston
  • Finally, in folk-lore the snail is an uncanny or demoniac being, because it has horns.
  • Extract from : « Memoirs » by Charles Godfrey Leland
  • The charge that He was a demoniac was but a repetition of earlier slanders.
  • Extract from : « Jesus the Christ » by James Edward Talmage
  • But the arrival of the dark rider brought the demoniac singing to an end.
  • Extract from : « Legend Land, Volume 2 » by Various
  • Above the demoniac hiss of the assassin's bullet he heard the voice of God.
  • Extract from : « Hidden Treasures » by Harry A. Lewis
  • Again the hideous clamor of demoniac war was heard, as the noise of their rude drums and savage yells fell upon the ear.
  • Extract from : « The Adventures of the Chevalier De La Salle and His Companions, in Their Explorations of the Prairies, Forests, Lakes, and Rivers, of the New World, and Their Interviews with the Savage Tribes, Two Hundred Years Ago » by John S. C. Abbott

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