the villain in the movie cackled with demonic laughter
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Millions of views accumulated for a kid rapping about the demonic nature of LGBTQ people.—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2026 Make your way to our festival headquarters before the screenings begin, strutting through the French Quarter in style behind a demonic brass band, creepy characters both familiar and unknown, and you.—William Earl, Variety, 25 Mar. 2026 Shortly after becoming husband and wife, Grace milks another loophole in the hide-and-seek rulebook and slays Titus, thereby sending the rest of the High Council to slaughter at the hands of their demonic overlord, Le Bail.—Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 23 Mar. 2026 Mercy Culture’s pastors hung a candidate’s banner behind the pulpit, endorsed politicians during Sunday services, said that people who vote for Democrats weren’t truly Christian, and described Kamala Harris as a demonic Jezebel taking the form of a snake encircling the White House.—Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for demonic
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Etymology
borrowed from Late Latin daemonicus, borrowed from Greek daemonikós, from daimon-, daímōn "superhuman power, spirit intermediate between gods and humans, demon" + -ikos-ic entry 1