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Synonyms for diabolic


Grammar : Adj
Spell : dahy-uh-bol-ik or dahy-uh-bol-i-kuh l
Phonetic Transcription : ˌdaɪ əˈbɒl ɪk or ˌdaɪ əˈbɒl ɪ kəl

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Définition of diabolic

Origin :
  • late 14c., from Old French diabolique (13c.), from Late Latin diabolicus, from Ecclesiastical Greek diabolikos "devilish," from diabolos (see devil (n.)).
  • adj evil, fiendish
Example sentences :
  • What diabolic jugglery was at work when the exchange was made?
  • Extract from : « Masterpieces of Mystery » by Various
  • Everybody watched with wonder this play, as of some large and diabolic toy.
  • Extract from : « Romance » by Joseph Conrad and F.M. Hueffer
  • The table seemed to wake to diabolic energy under her palms.
  • Extract from : « The Shadow World » by Hamlin Garland
  • Understand, I do not say that it was not spiritual or diabolic.
  • Extract from : « The Innocence of Father Brown » by G. K. Chesterton
  • He had charmed her from her home by the exercise of diabolic arts.
  • Extract from : « A Black Adonis » by Linn Boyd Porter
  • No, it is a country the most diabolic this side of the ocean.
  • Extract from : « Hurricane Island » by H. B. Marriott Watson
  • It was as if this were the final, consummate stroke of the diabolic master.
  • Extract from : « The Creators » by May Sinclair
  • And their diabolic husbands never noticed that they had been stolen.
  • Extract from : « The Folk-Tales of the Magyars » by Various
  • Diabolic lore la Jules Dubois and other modern magi is profuse.
  • Extract from : « Egoists » by James Huneker
  • Daniel felt that underneath the whole affair there was some diabolic intrigue.
  • Extract from : « The Clique of Gold » by Emile Gaboriau

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