demonic
adjective
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Synonyms
cacodemonic, demoniac (also demoniacal), demonian, devilish, diabolical (or diabolic), fiendish, Luciferian, satanic
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By portraying the Führer as an all-dominating, quasi-demonic figure, Fest effectively placed less blame on the Weimar Republic conservatives who put Hitler in office. — Naomi Fry, The New Yorker, "How American Racism Influenced Hitler," 23 Apr. 2018 In her 1948 masterpiece, Ms. Arango, a Medellín native, rendered her grotesque figures, both priestly and demonic, spiraling downward along a church bell tower set amid a city inflamed. — Elizabeth Zach, New York Times, "Colombia’s Museum of Modern Art Celebrates Its 40th Year," 10 Mar. 2018 Unlike other thrillers that ultimately reveal their frightening villains after endless teasing (Signs comes to mind as a prime example), Bird Box keeps its audience in the literal dark, save for a handful of demonic drawings in one scene. — De Elizabeth, Teen Vogue, "Netflix's "Bird Box" Sculptor Reveals a Design for the Film's Unseen Monsters," 6 Jan. 2019 Among other findings, the research highlighted efforts to liken Mr. Trump to Jesus in social-media posts and vilify his Democratic opponent, Hillary Clinton, as demonic. — Dustin Volz, WSJ, "Russians Took Aim at Black Voters to Boost Trump, Reports to Senate Find," 17 Dec. 2018 What starts out as a nightmarish, nearly unbearable exploration of grief and death and mourning then shifts gears into a demonic-cult genre film. — Allison P. Davis, The Cut, "Is Hereditary Really As Scary As Everyone Says?," 11 June 2018 By the end, it’s revealed that Annie’s mother was the leader of a demonic cult that stoked up drama from the afterlife so that the rest of her family can join her. — Yohana Desta, HWD, "Let’s Talk about Hereditary’s Insane Ending," 8 June 2018 And the problem that's always been with this story is that while the separation issue is real, the idea that half the country is demonic and bigoted is a delusion. — Fox News, "Trump signs order halting separation of families at border," 21 June 2018 That meant, some people feared, that younger occultists increasingly were embracing actual demonic acts in a return to Satanism’s truly evil roots. — OregonLive.com, "How the 'Satanic Panic' shaped 1980s Oregon, sparking 'repressed memory' claims and murder," 13 Feb. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'demonic.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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