demonic

adjective

de·​mon·​ic di-ˈmä-nik 

dē-

variants or less commonly demonical

di-ˈmä-ni-kəl 

dē-

: of, relating to, or suggestive of a demon : fiendish

demonic cruelty

demonic laughter

demonically

di-ˈmä-ni-k(ə-)lē 

dē-

adverb

Synonyms of demonic

• sinister
• satanic
• malicious
• diabolical
• demoniac

Examples of demonic in a Sentence

the villain in the movie cackled with demonic laughter

Recent Examples on the Web

These range from the pages being discolored by demonic forces, or that the pages once contained forbidden texts, now removed. —Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 25 Dec. 2025

In the South Tyrol in December, demonic Krampuses—neighbors in elaborate, blood-curdling disguise—run through the streets. —Veronique Greenwood, Time, 21 Dec. 2025

In this third installment, Sienna Shaw (Lauren LaVera) is still shaken from her last run-in with Art, but the demonic jester has returned for more murder just in time for Christmas — and he's got a sidekick (Samantha Scaffidi). —Huntley Woods, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Dec. 2025

Crowe followed The Pope’s Exorcist with 2024’s The Exorcism, playing a respected actor who ruined his career through drink and drugs but gets the chance to return to the spotlight when an actor playing a priest in a demonic-possession flick dies mysteriously on the set. —Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 11 Dec. 2025

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from Late Latin daemonicus, borrowed from Greek daemonikós, from daimon-, daímōn "superhuman power, spirit intermediate between gods and humans, demon" + -ikos -ic entry 1

First Known Use

1642, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for demonic

• atonic
• benthonic
• bionic
• bosonic
• bubonic
• canonic
• carbonic
• cyclonic
• dystonic
• hadronic
• harmonic
• hedonic