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or diabolic
as in demonic
of, relating to, or worthy of an evil spirit
the police quickly mobilized to track down the diabolical criminals before they struck again
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Recent Examples of diabolical
After The Devil Wears Prada premiered in theaters 20 years ago this month, starring Anne Hathaway as recent college graduate Andy Sachs, who takes a job at fashion magazine Runway as the assistant to the diabolical Miranda Priestley (Meryl Streep).
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Glenn Garner, Deadline, 11 June 2025
Adapting Ed McBain’s detective novel King’s Ransom, Kurosawa moves effortlessly from compelling race-against-time thriller to exacting social commentary, creating a diabolical treatise on contemporary Japanese society.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 9 June 2025
Even people who have never seen the picture may know about its opening sequence, in which Drew Barrymore answers a phone call from a horror movie-loving stranger, which leads into the story's first diabolical kill.
—Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 6 June 2025
Removing him could theoretically make room for the film to build out Jumba’s diabolical intentions, but the movie seems to have no clue what to do with him, either.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 23 May 2025
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Glenn Garner, Deadline, 11 June 2025
Adapting Ed McBain’s detective novel King’s Ransom, Kurosawa moves effortlessly from compelling race-against-time thriller to exacting social commentary, creating a diabolical treatise on contemporary Japanese society.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 9 June 2025
Even people who have never seen the picture may know about its opening sequence, in which Drew Barrymore answers a phone call from a horror movie-loving stranger, which leads into the story's first diabolical kill.
—Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 6 June 2025
Removing him could theoretically make room for the film to build out Jumba’s diabolical intentions, but the movie seems to have no clue what to do with him, either.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 23 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for diabolical
Adjective
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Some even believe mental health symptoms are signs of demonic possession.—
Sherri Gordon,
Parents,
23 June 2025
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Read Next California ‘Feral, almost demonic’ sea creature attacks surfer in California.—
Daniella Segura,
Sacbee.com,
18 June 2025
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The Academy Award winner looks sinister and well-suited as a leader in some kind of underground workspace (one that resembles a NASA control room and the like).—
Matt Donnelly,
Variety,
27 June 2025
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But those few seconds don’t erase all the fleeting, sinister impressions that came before — and that turn out not to have been fleeting, after all.—
Tom Gliatto,
People.com,
21 June 2025
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In Twin Peaks, Deputy Chief Hawk and Sheriff Frank Truman—filling in for ailing brother Frank—work on following a lead phoned in by an ailing Log Lady, while Richard Horne, son of Audrey Horne and Cooper’s evil double, spiraling into depravity and addiction, kills a child in a hit-and-run.—
Samantha Bergeson,
IndieWire,
20 June 2025
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Unfortunately, those lofty first-act ambitions give way to something much more formulaic, as Buzz joins forces with the usual ragtag bunch of misfits to battle the evil Emperor Zurg.—
Richard Edwards,
Space.com,
20 June 2025
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The best way to safeguard yourself from malicious links that install malware, potentially accessing your private information, is to have antivirus software installed on all your devices.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
16 June 2025
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Implement web filtering to restrict access to known malicious websites.—
Davey Winder,
Forbes.com,
16 June 2025
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“Diabolical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/diabolical. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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