Synonyms of diablerie

diablerie

noun

dē-ˈä-blə-(ˌ)rē 

1

as in mischief

playful, reckless behavior that is not intended to cause serious harm

the boy, who was once filled with diablerie, grew up to be a staid and rather dull man

Synonyms & Similar Words

• mischief
• playfulness
• devilment
• rascality
• wickedness
• roguery
• mischievousness
• devilishness
• devilry
• knavery
• roguishness
• hob
• impishness
• waggery
• waggishness
• naughtiness
• misconduct
• espièglerie
• misbehavior
• trick
• chicanery
• shenanigan(s)
• irritation
• sportiveness
• trickery
• buffoonery
• troublemaking
• annoyance
• friskiness
• exasperation
• skylarking
• tomfoolery
• high jinks
• diabolicalness
• monkeying
• goings-on
• antic
• caper
• hanky-panky
• horseplay
• practical joke
• monkey business
• roughhousing
• monkeyshine(s)
• aggravation
• dido

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• gravity
• seriousness
• solemnity
• gravitas
• solemnness

2

as in sorcery

the power to control natural forces through supernatural means

since the common folk had an unshakable belief in a personal devil, a charge of diablerie was taken seriously

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sorcery
• witchcraft
• magic
• necromancy
• thaumaturgy
• witchery
• enchantment
• devilry
• bewitchment
• wizardry
• mojo
• conjuring
• voodooism
• bewitchery
• incantation
• divination
• alchemy
• glamour
• amulet
• spell
• curse
• talisman
• occultism
• divining
• spiritualism
• phylactery
• ensorcellment
• fetish
• conjuration
• charm
• mascot
• soothsaying
• sortilege
• abracadabra
• exorcism
• forecasting
• foretelling
• omen
• prophesying
• jinx
• augur
• fortune-telling
• predicting
• foreseeing
• augury
• periapt
• crystal gazing
• hoodoo
• hex
• presaging
• foreknowing
• prognosticating
• hexerei

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• science

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of diablerie

Other scholars, however, downplay the book’s diablerie, viewing the Pequod’s captain instead as an admirably heroic overreacher or a latter-day Prometheus facing down the gods, fate, the uncaring universe. — Literary Hub, 6 July 2026

Groyperism is as much about fandom and diablerie as a set of principles. — Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026

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