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Recent Examples of diabolical Yet, as time passes, the pair end up engaging in a full-blown and increasingly diabolical war. Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 10 Sep. 2025 Their challenge on Frankenstein was bringing to the big screen the horror-meister’s vision of egotistical scientist Victor Frankenstein and his monster as part of a diabolical experiment. Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 6 Sep. 2025 Some don’t think about it; others call it exhilarating or existential, even diabolical. Sumera Riaz, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025 The result is a hollow movie—but its very hollowness gives rise to a diabolical twist that’s more than merely clever. Richard Brody, New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for diabolical
Recent Examples of Synonyms for diabolical
Adjective
  • With every temptation, Jesus is lured into a forbidden world, and a terrified Joseph soon realizes that a demonic power is at work.
    Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Oct. 2025
  • On the Met’s stage, the writer — called, say, Jamal Khashoggi — would be sung by a heroic tenor, his tormentor by a demonic baritone.
    Justin Davidson, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Unfortunately, things take a sinister turn when Laura's followers enter the room, undress, and begin passing the baby around.
    Allison DeGrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Sep. 2025
  • What starts as a strained father-daughter relationship soon evolves into something far more sinister.
    Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 23 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • If the full release can continue to generate oddly pulse-pounding moments like the near-death rooftop fight with an evil-eyed Pikachu, then Z-A might be worth an extended stay in Lumiose.
    Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 24 Sep. 2025
  • The kids discover their small town of Derry is home to an ancient, trans-dimensional evil that awakens every 27 years to prey mostly on children by taking the form of an evil clown named Pennywise.
    Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 23 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The best way to safeguard yourself from malicious links that install malware, potentially accessing your private information, is to have strong antivirus software installed on all your devices.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Servers running on motherboards sold by Supermicro contain high-severity vulnerabilities that can allow hackers to remotely install malicious firmware that runs even before the operating system, making infections impossible to detect or remove without unusual protections in place.
    Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 24 Sep. 2025

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“Diabolical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/diabolical. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.

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