Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Relating to or suggestive of Satan or evil.
  • adjective Profoundly cruel or evil; fiendish.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Satan; devilish; extremely malicious or wicked; infernal.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Of or pertaining to Satan; having the qualities of Satan; resembling Satan; extremely malicious or wicked; devilish; infernal.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Alternative form of Satanic (of, pertaining to or resembling Satan).
  • adjective Evil, fiendish, devilish or diabolical.
  • adjective Of or pertaining to Satanism.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective of or relating to Satan
  • adjective extremely evil or cruel; expressive of cruelty or befitting hell

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Examples

  • It also singles out Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Jordan for what it calls satanic alliances with the United States and Israeli.

    CNN Transcript Mar 25, 2008 2008

  • He said the drawn circle with an "x" through it - which he called a satanic symbol - also was new to him.

    unknown title 2009

  • He has publicly proclaimed that they are made of green cheese and sold to terrorists, and that you, the widget-maker, engage regularly in satanic orgies involving pythons, whipped cream and the blood of ferrets.

    Archive 2009-06-01 2009

  • Thinking about publicly divulging your earlier dabblings in satanic rituals?

    Michael Fertik: Witches, Marxism and Mental Anguish -- That's a Spicy Senatorial Search Result! Michael Fertik 2010

  • She was granted restraining orders for her stalker who is a mental patient who boasts her involvement in satanic rituals.

    Hollywood Dame » Blog Archive » Celebrity Stalkers 2008

  • Some Democratic party leaders from Durham, North Carolina were allegedly involved in "satanic rituals" and were charged with assault and rape.

    Your Right Hand Thief 2008

  • Some Democratic party leaders from Durham, North Carolina were allegedly involved in "satanic rituals" and were charged with assault and rape.

    Archive 2008-07-01 2008

  • Fits identified as satanic possession had broken out among adolescent girls at earlier times in New England.

    The Lesson Of Salem 2008

  • A ban on "occult goods" ( "Materials, goods or paraphernalia for use in satanic, sacrificial, or related practices") seems similarly troublesome.

    Boing Boing 2006

  • But it ` s definitely being tied as a sort of quasi-religious or even satanic -- the word satanic has also been used ritual connected to Halloween night.

    CNN Transcript Nov 3, 2008 2008

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