'Diabolical' definitions:
Definition of 'diabolical'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Showing the cunning or ingenuity or wickedness typical of a devil; "devilish schemes"; "the cold calculation and diabolic art of some statesmen"; "the diabolical expression on his face"; "a mephistophelian glint in his eye" [syn: devilish, diabolic, diabolical, mephistophelian, mephistophelean]
adjective
Extremely evil or cruel; expressive of cruelty or befitting hell; "something demonic in him--something that could be cruel"; "fires lit up a diabolic scene"; "diabolical sorcerers under the influence of devils"; "a fiendish despot"; "hellish torture"; "infernal instruments of war"; "satanic cruelty"; "unholy grimaces" [syn: demonic, diabolic, diabolical, fiendish, hellish, infernal, satanic, unholy]
Definition of 'Diabolical'
From: GCIDE
- Diabolic \Di`a*bol"ic\, Diabolical \Di`a*bol"ic*al\, a. [L. diabolicus, Gr. ? devilish, slanderous: cf. F. diabolique. See Devil.]
- 1. Pertaining to the devil; resembling, or appropriate, or appropriate to, the devil; befitting hell or satan; devilish; infernal; impious; as, a diabolic or diabolical temper or act; the diabolical expression on his face; fires lit up a diabolic scene. "Diabolic power." --Milton. "The diabolical institution." --Motley.
- Syn: devilish, mephistophelian, mephistophelean. [1913 Webster]
- 2. showing a wicked cunning or ingenuity; as, the cold calculation and diabolic art of some statesmen.
- Syn: devilish, mephistophelian, mephistophelean. [WordNet 1.5]
- 3. extremely evil or cruel; atrocious; outrageously wicked; as, diabolical sorcerers under the influence of devils; diabolical torturers taking pleasure in their craft.
- Syn: demonic, fiendish, hellish, infernal, nefarious, satanic. [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5] -- {Di`a*bol"ic*al*ly}, adv. -- {Di`a*bol"ic*al*ness}, n.
Synonyms of 'diabolical'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- animal,
- anthropophagous,
- atrocious,
- barbaric,
- barbarous,
- beastly,
- bestial,
- bloodthirsty,
- bloody,
- bloody-minded,
- brutal,
- brutalized,
- brute,
- brutish,
- cannibalistic,
- cruel,
- cruel-hearted,
- cursed,
- damnable,
- demoniac,
- demoniacal,
- demonic,
- demonish,
- demonlike,
- devil-like,
- devilish,
- diabolic,
- Draconian,
- execrable,
- fell,
- feral,
- ferocious,
- fiendish,
- fiendlike,
- fierce,
- ghoulish,
- hellborn,
- hellish,
- infernal,
- inhuman,
- inhumane,
- Mephistophelian,
- murderous,
- ogreish,
- ruthless,
- sadistic,
- sanguinary,
- sanguineous,
- satanic,
- savage,
- sharkish,
- slavering,
- subhuman,
- Tartarean,
- truculent,
- unchristian,
- uncivilized,
- ungodly,
- unhuman,
- vicious,
- wolfish