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also demonical
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
Two shows – Beetlejuice and Waiting For Godot – closed last week, with the demonic musical posting a big $311,282 gain over the previous week, taking in $1,373,691 and selling 96% of its seats.
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Greg Evans, Deadline, 6 Jan. 2026
Twin Peaks is a world rife with magic and mystery, filled with demonic possessions, time travel, parallel dimensions, and ritual sacrifice.
—James Mercadante, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Jan. 2026
From a handbook distributed by the International Association of Exorcists, a group of more than two hundred Catholic priests that trains exorcists and raises awareness about demonic possession.
—Rosa Lyster, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
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
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Greg Evans, Deadline, 6 Jan. 2026
Twin Peaks is a world rife with magic and mystery, filled with demonic possessions, time travel, parallel dimensions, and ritual sacrifice.
—James Mercadante, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Jan. 2026
From a handbook distributed by the International Association of Exorcists, a group of more than two hundred Catholic priests that trains exorcists and raises awareness about demonic possession.
—Rosa Lyster, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for demonic
Adjective
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Even his smile is sinister in the English actor’s current reign of cinematic terror.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
14 Jan. 2026
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This is not the gleeful dance party of purgatory—there is a more sinister and sincere quality to it.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Andrea stayed home to homeschool the children, a decision rooted in Woroniecki’s belief that public schools were satanic.—
Samantha Stutsman,
PEOPLE,
9 Jan. 2026
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The Hellfire Club was just a Dungeons & Dragons club that the boys belonged to, but after the town’s series of murders, people began to think of it as a satanic club and suspected Eddie of the crimes.—
Dessi Gomez,
Deadline,
26 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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These computer viruses often spread through malicious ads embedded in popular websites or infected links in YouTube video descriptions, according to SpyCloud.—
Tereza Pultarova,
Space.com,
15 Jan. 2026
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Jesse Jeremiah, 51, was arrested on suspicion of malicious destruction of railroad property, vandalism and unlawfully stealing and carrying away copper materials, jail records show.—
Rosalio Ahumada,
Sacbee.com,
15 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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That, to me, was the simplest and the most diabolical part of the story.—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
30 Dec. 2025
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In this diabolical satirical thriller, a millennial woman resorts to extreme measures to secure the million-dollar house of her dreams.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
22 Dec. 2025
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“Demonic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/demonic. Accessed 18 Jan. 2026.
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