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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
Play diabolical games, face off against the Front Man, and betray your friends for a chance to win it all.
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Jennifer Maas, Variety, 17 June 2025
Rice owns that record now with a diabolical 197 receiving touchdowns.
—Jim Reineking, USA Today, 17 June 2025
Promising an apocalypse by the ayatollahs who were getting ever closer to obtaining a nuclear weapon to carry out that diabolical wish, Israel had every right to hit Iran to disable its uranium enrichment facilities and its ballistic missile infrastructure.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 14 June 2025
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).
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 11 June 2025
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Jennifer Maas, Variety, 17 June 2025
Rice owns that record now with a diabolical 197 receiving touchdowns.
—Jim Reineking, USA Today, 17 June 2025
Promising an apocalypse by the ayatollahs who were getting ever closer to obtaining a nuclear weapon to carry out that diabolical wish, Israel had every right to hit Iran to disable its uranium enrichment facilities and its ballistic missile infrastructure.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 14 June 2025
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).
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 11 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for diabolical
Adjective
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Supernatural conjured a variety of demonic baddies across its 15 seasons and 327 episodes (!).—
Declan Gallagher,
EW.com,
3 July 2025
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Indeed, Riri was in the midst of veritably inhaling sliders, crinkle cut fries and loads of information about the demonic Dormammu when her binge got crashed by the Bloods.—
Matt Webb Mitovich,
TVLine,
2 July 2025
Adjective
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Before long, his life is plagued by a series of mysterious, sinister incidents that threaten to upend his success and bring about a most violent demise.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
1 July 2025
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He’s then forced to compete in a sinister game of hide-and-seek, where even more players are eliminated.—
Monica Mercuri,
Forbes.com,
28 June 2025
Adjective
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After an early tutorial sequence where players learn the ropes of controlling the powerful yet agile ape, the story introduces its antagonists: Void Company, an evil corporate mining operation hell-bent on creating a golden banana monopoly.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
1 July 2025
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They weren’t built by the government, but rather by those evil greedy private corporations and individuals who are guilty of the heinous crime of providing millions of Americans with places to live.—
The Editors,
National Review,
30 June 2025
Adjective
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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,
10 July 2025
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Deepfakes have been growing more sophisticated in recent years, in addition to being increasingly deployed for malicious purposes.—
Shannon Bond,
NPR,
10 July 2025
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“Diabolical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/diabolical. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.
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