'Demoniacal' definitions:
Definition of 'demoniacal'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Demoniacal'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Sarcastic, demoniacal laughter. --Thackeray. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Influenced or produced by a demon or evil spirit; as, demoniac or demoniacal power. "Demoniac frenzy." --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 3. resembling or suggesting possession by a demon; as, demoniac energy. [WordNet 1.5]
- 4. in a murderous frenzy as if possessed by a demon.
- Syn: amuck, amok, berserk, demoniac, possessed(predicate). [WordNet 1.5]
Synonyms of 'demoniacal'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abandoned,
- amok,
- animal,
- anthropophagous,
- atrocious,
- barbaric,
- barbarous,
- beastly,
- bellowing,
- berserk,
- bestial,
- bloodthirsty,
- bloody,
- bloody-minded,
- brutal,
- brutalized,
- brute,
- brutish,
- cannibalistic,
- carried away,
- cruel,
- cruel-hearted,
- cursed,
- damnable,
- delirious,
- demoniac,
- demonic,
- demonish,
- demonlike,
- devil-like,
- devilish,
- diabolic,
- distracted,
- Draconian,
- ecstatic,
- enraptured,
- execrable,
- fell,
- feral,
- ferocious,
- fiendish,
- fiendlike,
- fierce,
- frantic,
- frenzied,
- fulminating,
- furious,
- ghoulish,
- haggard,
- hellborn,
- hellish,
- hog-wild,
- howling,
- hysterical,
- in a transport,
- in hysterics,
- infernal,
- inhuman,
- inhumane,
- intoxicated,
- mad,
- madding,
- maniac,
- Mephistophelian,
- murderous,
- ogreish,
- orgasmic,
- orgiastic,
- possessed,
- rabid,
- raging,
- ramping,
- ranting,
- raving,
- ravished,
- roaring,
- running mad,
- ruthless,
- sadistic,
- sanguinary,
- sanguineous,
- satanic,
- savage,
- sharkish,
- slavering,
- storming,
- subhuman,
- Tartarean,
- transported,
- truculent,
- unchristian,
- uncivilized,
- uncontrollable,
- ungodly,
- unhuman,
- vicious,
- violent,
- wild,
- wild-eyed,
- wild-looking,
- wolfish