Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Of, concerning, or characteristic of the devil; satanic.
- adj. Appropriate to a devil, especially in degree of wickedness or cruelty.
Wiktionary
WordNet 3.0
- adj. showing the cunning or ingenuity or wickedness typical of a devil
- adj. extremely evil or cruel; expressive of cruelty or befitting hell
Etymologies
- From Middle English deabolik, from Old French diabolique, from Late Latin diabolicus, from Latin diabolus, devil; see devil.
Examples
“I think I ` d use the word diabolical to describe the way she lies.”
“It is -- well, I came near to using the word diabolical -- to keep them in ignorance.”
“Restaurant launch puts my family feud in the past, says Ramsay Gordon Ramsay pledges to put the 'baggage' of his feud with his father-in-law behind him at the launch of his new London restaurant Amanda Knox 'is a diabolical she-devil' Amanda Knox was subjected to a fierce character assassination as she was described as a 'diabolical, satanic, demonic she-devil,' by a...”
“Pacelli's closing arguments were nearly identitical to those in 2009 when Knox was convicted of murder - he called her diabolical she-devil who was dirty on the outside, and on the inside.”
“Knox has been described as "diabolical," a "witch" and a "she-devil" during three days of a court hearing into an appeal against verdicts that found her and Sollecito guilty of murdering Meredith Kercher in 2007 during a sex game gone wrong.”
“Amanda Knox 'is a diabolical she-devil' Amanda Knox was subjected to a fierce character assassination as she was described as a 'diabolical, satanic, demonic she-devil,' by a...”
“As to his parsimony, which you wickedly call diabolical, [a very free word in your mouth, let me tell ye], little reason have you of all people for this, on whom he proposes, of his own accord, to settle all he has in the world: a proof, let him love riches as he will, that he loves you better.”
“There's something I can only call diabolical about this.”
“You know how much mischief Las Casas has done by allowing his feelings to interfere when the Spaniards roasted Indians, from what he chose to call diabolical lust of gold, and sheer, abstract cruelty.”
“Between the idea of diabolical preparation and the impulse which leads to the bloody execution of his plan does this remote and charming picture pass in the mind of the murderer.”
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These user-created lists contain the word ‘diabolical’.
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GRE Barrons Wordlist
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abase, abash, abate, abbreviate, abdicate, aberrant, aberration, abet, abeyance, abhor, abject, abjure and 4084 more...
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ghost
This is Ghost List 2 ( the kind that go 'boo!' ) :P
phantom, spectral, specter, spectre, spooky, poltergeist, haunt, spirit, banshee, cryptic, shadow, phantasm and 294 more...
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Words build meanings from origins( etymology )
These come from gamma meditation ,I think.
discursive, exogenous, machinations, purportedly, sumptuous, congruity, cantankerous, incongruous, festoon, hessian, ratiocinative, stratigraphic and 837 more...
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macabre
words associated with the macabre & horror.
ghastly, grisly, culeus, silly, gruesome, horrid, morbid, angelic, shocking, hideous, ghoulish, frightful and 85 more...
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I am : evil
Adjectives that are very, very bad.
evil, wicked, diabolical, nasty, demonic, corrupt, depraved, nefarious, sinister, villainous, vile, reprobate and 18 more...
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bolics
shambolic, parabolic, anabolic, diabolical, diabolic, catabolic, symbolic, metabolic, hyperbolic, carbolic acid, amphibolic, ecbolic and 9 more...
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