DEMONIC Synonyms: 49 Similar and Opposite Words

demonic

adjective

di-ˈmä-nik

variants also demonical

Definition of demonic

as in sinister

of, relating to, or worthy of an evil spirit the villain in the movie cackled with demonic laughter

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Recent Examples of demonic This genre entry finds six friends holding a Zoom séance with a mysterious medium (Seylan Baxter), accidentally summoning a demonic entity into their homes in the process. — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 7 July 2026 Evil Dead Burn follows a family whose lives are torn apart after a demonic spirit invades their home in the wake of a death. — Nigel Smith, PEOPLE, 7 July 2026 The devil invades a Georgetown home, and holy men have quite the job to do on a demonic little girl. — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 1 July 2026 Carlson has spoken of his own brush with demonic forces, who left him bloodied and scratched in the night, while his wife and their four spaniels slept undisturbed. — Eliza Griswold, New Yorker, 22 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for demonic

Recent Examples of Synonyms for demonic

Adjective

There was something so sinister about FIFA pushing the idea of diversity while bending the knee to a government working to discard the real thing.

— Olivier Lafontant, Pitchfork, 20 July 2026
Outside, the cops, led by a dry sinister officer in a long black leather coat, order him to get on the ground, face down; Sophia comes out of the house and is placed in the back of a car, staring at all this through the glass.

— Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 16 July 2026

Definition of sinister

Adjective

Jack White stepped in when Charley Crockett accidentally hired, then fired, a satanic doo-wop duo.

— Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2026
The score by French experimental duo Double Danger (also the composers on Infested) amplifies the action, building from ominous electronica to Black Mass-level hysteria with satanic choral elements.

— David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 8 July 2026

Definition of satanic

Adjective

On this occasion, OpenAI appears to have been transparent about its involvement in the incident and is working alongside Hugging Face to respond, but defenders need to prepare for a world where such tools are in the hands of openly malicious actors.

— Tim Keary, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
Skubal did not say those words about the MRI and the arbitration hearing with any malicious tone.

— Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 22 July 2026

Definition of malicious

Adjective

When Ahab first speaks to the crew about Moby Dick, his diabolical charisma soon infects the men who, apart from Starbuck, enthusiastically join him in his monomaniacal crusade.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 July 2026
From perhaps the most diabolical spot on the entire course.

— Brendan Quinn, New York Times, 20 June 2026

Definition of diabolical

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