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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
That, to me, was the simplest and the most diabolical part of the story.
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Greta Cross, USA Today, 30 Dec. 2025
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
What went into that diabolical question?
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Dec. 2025
Human history would be only diabolic without it.
—Literary Hub, 12 Dec. 2025
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Greta Cross, USA Today, 30 Dec. 2025
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
What went into that diabolical question?
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Dec. 2025
Human history would be only diabolic without it.
—Literary Hub, 12 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for diabolical
Recent Examples of Synonyms for diabolical
Adjective
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The story follows an estranged son who returns to his remote village to care for his dying father, only to uncover that his bloodline is bound by an old pact with a demonic Djinn.—
Elsa Keslassy,
Variety,
28 Jan. 2026
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Into the mix for our podcasters are children’s nursery rhymes, playing them backwards, and getting unsettling demonic messages, which Tuason throws in with the continuing plotline of this couple’s pending terror.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
25 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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The same sad and sinister menace occupying 1600 Penn.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Jan. 2026
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The character was previously only seen from behind or in close-ups of his hands petting his sinister white kitty.—
Sezin Devi Koehler,
Entertainment Weekly,
27 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Their faltering attempt at a total crackdown—which can’t muzzle the anger and bravery of ordinary people—and its general odor of malicious incompetence, is even seeping into the White House’s hermetic media echo chamber.—
James Folta,
Literary Hub,
29 Jan. 2026
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Just like the ClickFix attacks, this malicious trickery is all about running commands that almost all users would never think to do in normal circumstances.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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“Diabolical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/diabolical. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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