diabolical
adj/ˌdaɪəˈbɒlɪkəɫ/UK/ˌdaɪəˈbɑlɪkəɫ/US
Etymology
From diabolic + -al.
- derived from διαβολικός
- derived from diabolicus
- derived from diabolique
- inherited from diabolik
Definitions
Of or concerning the devil
Of or concerning the devil: devilish, satanic.
- […] the many diabolical names assigned to boiling springs and to torrents that become dangerously swollen. In California the boiling springs called 'Devil's Tea-kettle' and 'Devil's Mush-pot' repeat the 'Devil's Punch-bowls' of Europe[…]
Extremely wicked or cruel.
- a diabolical plan
(Devilishly) cunning or devious.
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Crazy, wild (sometimes especially due to being unexpected or surprising).
The neighborhood
- synonymcacodaemoniacal
- synonymdaemonical
- synonymdemoniac
- synonymdemoniacal
- synonymdemonic
- synonymdemonical
- synonymdemonish
- synonymdemonlike
- synonymdemonly
- synonymdevilish
- synonymdiabolic
- synonymdiabolical
- antonymangelic
- antonymdivine
- antonymundemonic
- antonymundevilish
- antonymundiabolical
- antonymunsatanic
- antonymnondemonic
- antonymnondiabolic
- antonymnonsatanic
- neighborfiendish
- neighborhellborn
- neighborhellish
- neighborinfernal
- neighborMephistophelean
- neighborevil
- neighborunholy
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA