- demoniacal
- adjective see demoniac I
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
demoniacal
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demoniacal — index cruel, malevolent, malicious, malignant, sinister Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
Demoniacal — Demoniac De*mo ni*ac, Demoniacal Dem o*ni a*cal (?; 277), a. [L. daemoniacus, fr. daemon; cf. F. d[ e]moniaque. See {Demon}.] 1. Pertaining to, or characteristic of, a demon or evil spirit; devilish; as, a demoniac being; demoniacal practices.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
demoniacal — de|mo|ni|a|cal [ˌdi:məˈnaıəkəl] adj also de|mo|ni|ac [dıˈməuniæk US ˈmou ] formal wild, uncontrolled, and evil ▪ Fear gripped her at the demoniacal glint in his dark eyes. >demoniacally [ kli] adv … Dictionary of contemporary English
demoniacal — also de.mo.ni.ac adjective formal wild, uncontrolled, and evil: demoniacal cruelty demoniacally / kli/ adverb … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
demoniacal — demoniac ► ADJECTIVE ▪ demonic. ► NOUN ▪ a person supposedly possessed by an evil spirit. DERIVATIVES demoniacal adjective … English terms dictionary
demoniacal — adjective Pertaining to, characteristic of, or produced by a demon or evil spirit; devilish or fiendish … Wiktionary
demoniacal — Synonyms and related words: Draconian, Mephistophelian, Tartarean, abandoned, amok, animal, anthropophagous, atrocious, barbaric, barbarous, beastly, bellowing, berserk, bestial, bloodthirsty, bloody, bloody minded, brutal, brutalized, brute,… … Moby Thesaurus
demoniacal — de·mo·ni·a·cal || ‚diËməʊ naɪəkl adj. demonic, satanic; possessed by a demon … English contemporary dictionary
demoniacal — a. See demoniac … New dictionary of synonyms
demoniacal — de·mo·ni·a·cal … English syllables
