Search Result for "demonic":
Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (1)
1. extremely evil or cruel; expressive of cruelty or befitting hell;
- Example: "something demonic in him--something that could be cruel"
- Example: "fires lit up a diabolic scene"
- Example: "diabolical sorcerers under the influence of devils"
- Example: "a fiendish despot"
- Example: "hellish torture"
- Example: "infernal instruments of war"
- Example: "satanic cruelty"
- Example: "unholy grimaces"
[syn: demonic, diabolic, diabolical, fiendish, hellish, infernal, satanic, unholy]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Demonic \De*mo"nic\, a. [L. daemonicus, Gr. daimoniko`s.] Of or pertaining to a demon or to demons; demoniac. "Demonic ambushes." --Lowell. [1913 Webster]
