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UK
/diːmˈɒnɪk/
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[ US /dɪˈmɑnɪk/ ]
[ US /dɪˈmɑnɪk/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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extremely evil or cruel; expressive of cruelty or befitting hell
satanic cruelty
diabolical sorcerers under the influence of devils
a fiendish despot
infernal instruments of war
fires lit up a diabolic scene
hellish torture
something demonic in him--something that could be cruel
unholy grimaces
How To Use demonic In A Sentence
- What pack of demonic hellhounds brought you into this world?
- This hypothesis, to say no more, will fit well all the facts -- for instance, the universality of the belief in evil spirits and any evidence adducible for actual influence on men, whether in the records of demonic possession and magic in the past or in the phenomena of modern Spiritism. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery
- In other ways, Storm Born resembles Bloodring, with all the powerful gems, Eugenie's way of living and (sometimes rather demonical) visitors from Otherworld. Richelle Mead - Storm Born (Book Review)
- Then with demonic force he hurled it into the throng below. Somewhere East of Life
- The old woman's cacodemonic laughter broke out again. The Mummy Case
- The non-intellectual wing of the Christian Right Community has committed a sacrilege and blasphemy, (to say nothing of the secular crime of high treason), because they have accepted the fiction of a cynical team of writers, who depict the god they describe as a homicidal, Demonic, maniac, and touted these despicable properties as "holiness," and used that as an excuse to support and urge the slaughter of their chosen Muslim fantasy enemies. THE SHAMELESS END-DAYS FICTIONAL REPLACEMENT FOR REVELATION.
- The warriors remained calm and relaxed, listening to the trample of the demonic horde just feet in front of them.
- We scurried along walls and zig-zagged from floor to floor effortlessly, battering demonic beetles with nunchakus, all to the accompaniment of a sweeping symphonic score.
- I saw many feuds erupt in a blaze of automatic fire, peppering the walls with bullets that whined through the air like demonic bees.
- In Jewish mythology, a dybbuk is a demonic spirit that inhabits a dead person. Arizona Daily Wildcat