as in demonic
of, relating to, or worthy of an evil spirit
the cat's eyes reflected a satanic red in the dark
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Recent Examples of satanic
The research found that 59% of those posts espoused conspiracy theories about Jews, such as that Jewish people control governments, that Jews are satanic in nature, or that the Holocaust never occurred or misrepresentations of what happened during the Holocaust.
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Hadas Gold, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2025
The satanic quality of Anna is her need to move, to and fro in the earth and up and down in it.
—Literary Hub, 23 Sep. 2025
From vengeful resurrections to satanic rituals, shoplifters waging war on capitalism to secret cults, shadow selves to harrowing births, these genre-defying films crown the Dolls as auteurs, protagonists, dreamers, and disruptors.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 10 Sep. 2025
Or are the Conjurings just set in a conservative mirror universe where the witch trials were also justified, Ouija boards really are direct lines to hell, and the satanic panic was not a panic at all?
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2025
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Hadas Gold, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2025
The satanic quality of Anna is her need to move, to and fro in the earth and up and down in it.
—Literary Hub, 23 Sep. 2025
From vengeful resurrections to satanic rituals, shoplifters waging war on capitalism to secret cults, shadow selves to harrowing births, these genre-defying films crown the Dolls as auteurs, protagonists, dreamers, and disruptors.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 10 Sep. 2025
Or are the Conjurings just set in a conservative mirror universe where the witch trials were also justified, Ouija boards really are direct lines to hell, and the satanic panic was not a panic at all?
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for satanic
Adjective
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But ahead of Halloween weekend, Hatch had a small but incredibly loud contingent of Christians on TikTok posting videos of themselves throwing away their Hatch devices — and accusing the company of being demonic.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
29 Oct. 2025
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But by the end of the episode, they’re trapped in a dark theater with the same demonic infant, who kills off all but Ronnie and Lilly.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
29 Oct. 2025
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Their double life soon gets complicated when a rival boy band harboring a sinister secret begins stealing their fans.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
PEOPLE,
25 Oct. 2025
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Candyman, the Candyman franchise (1992–1999; 2021) Helen Lyle (Virginia Madsen) finds out that adoration and horror don't mix when she is faced with the attachment of the sinister Candyman (Tony Todd) in the 1992 film classic.—
Steven Thrash,
Entertainment Weekly,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Satanic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/satanic. Accessed 2 Nov. 2025.
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