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  1. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › diabolicDiabolic - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

    Use the adjective diabolic to describe someone who acts in a terribly cruel way. A diabolic boy might pick up a cat by its tail and swing it around.

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    • Satanic

      Satanic things are very bad or evil. You might describe your...

    • Demonic

      Demonic is a word to describe behavior or people who are...

    • Hellish

      extremely evil or cruel; expressive of cruelty or befitting...

    • Devilish

      You can describe someone as devilish if they're nasty and...

    • Fiendish

      To be fiendish is to be cruel or evil. You might choose not...

    • Unholy

      extremely evil or cruel; expressive of cruelty or befitting...

    • Diabolical

      Diabolical means "evil." This is a strong word. Too much...

  2. blog.adw.org › 2011 › 07Three Characteristics of the Diabolical, And How they Are ...

    • Love of Nudity – This is clearly manifest at several levels. First there is the widespread tendency of immodest dress. We have discussed modesty here before and ought to note that modesty comes from the word “mode” referring to the middle or to moderation.
    • Violence – We have discussed here before how we, collectively, have turned violence into a form of entertainment. Our adventure movies and video games turn violent retribution into gleeful entertainment and death into a “solution.”
    • Division – Satan loves to divide. Archbishop Sheen says that the word “diabolical” comes from two Greek words dia+ballein, meaning “to tear apart.” My own study of Greek, poor that it is, does not yield this result.

  3. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › diabolicDiabolical Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    The meaning of DIABOLICAL is of, relating to, or characteristic of the devil : devilish. How to use diabolical in a sentence. Did you know?

  4. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishDIABOLICAL | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    DIABOLICAL definition: 1. extremely bad or shocking: 2. evil, or caused by the Devil 3. extremely bad or shocking: . Learn more.

  5. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryDIABOLICAL | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

    DIABOLICAL meaning: 1. extremely bad or shocking: 2. evil, or caused by the Devil 3. extremely bad or shocking: . Learn more.

  6. www.collinsdictionary.com › english › diabolicDIABOLIC definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    3 meanings: 1. of, relating to, or proceeding from the devil; satanic 2. befitting a devil; extremely cruel or wicked; fiendish.... Click for more definitions.

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  8. www.oed.com › dictionary › diabolical_adjdiabolical, adj. & n. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford ...

    The earliest known use of the word diabolical is in the early 1500s. OED's earliest evidence for diabolical is from 1502, in Ordynarye of Crysten Men. diabolical is a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin diabolicus, ‑al suffix1. See etymology.