demoniac
11demoniac — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ demonic. ► NOUN ▪ a person supposedly possessed by an evil spirit. DERIVATIVES demoniacal adjective …
12demoniac — [dē΄mə nī′ə kəldē mō′nē ak΄, dimō′nē ak΄] adj. [ME demoniak < LL(Ec) daemoniacus < Gr daimoniakos] 1. possessed or influenced by a demon 2. of a demon or demons 3. like or characteristic of a demon; fiendish; frenzied: Also demoniacal… …
13demoniac — Person who becomes possessed by a DEMON. A demoniac undergoes a marked change in physical, mental, and emotional symptoms and behavior. Depending on the type of POSSESSION, there may be a pattern to the changes. In ancient times, demons… …
14demoniac — 1. adjective a) possessed or controlled by a demon. Animal fury and orgiastic licence here whipped themselves to demoniac heights by howls and squawking ecstasies that tore and reverberated through those nighted woods like pestilential tempests… …
15demoniac — I. adjective also demoniacal Etymology: Middle English demoniak, from Late Latin daemoniacus, from Greek daimoniakos, from daimon , daimōn Date: 14th century 1. possessed or influenced by a demon 2. demonic < demoniac rage > • demoniacally …
16demoniac — demoniacally /dee meuh nuy ik lee/, adv. /di moh nee ak , dee meuh nuy ak/, adj. Also, demoniacal /dee meuh nuy euh keuhl/. 1. of, pertaining to, or like a demon; demonic: demoniac laughter. 2. possessed by or as by an evil spirit; raging;… …
17demoniac — demonic UK [dɪˈmɒnɪk] / US [dɪˈmɑnɪk] or demoniac UK [dɪˈməʊnɪæk] / US [dɪˈmoʊnɪæk] adjective connected with demons, or like a demon Derived word: demonically UK [dɪˈmɒnɪklɪ] / US [dɪˈmɑnɪklɪ] adverb …
18demoniac demoniacal — agitated agitated adj. 1. troubled emotionally and usually deeply. Opposite of {unagitated}. agitated parents Note: Narrower terms are: {demoniac, demoniacal ; distraught, overwrought; {disturbed, jolted, shaken}; {feverish, hectic}; {frantic,… …
19demoniac — Frenzied, fiendish, as if possessed by evil spirits. [G. daimon, a spirit] * * * de·mo·ni·ac (de moґne ak) 1. frenzied. 2. possessed by demons, the medieval conception of insanity …
20demoniac — Synonyms and related words: aliene, bedlamite, borderline case, crackbrain, crackpot, crazed, crazy, dement, demonic, devilish, diabolic, energumen, fanatic, fired, flake, fou, idiot, insane, inspired, kook, loon, loony, lunatic, madman, maniac,… …
