demonic

adjective

de·​mon·​ic di-ˈmä-nik 

dē-

variants or less commonly demonical

di-ˈmä-ni-kəl 

dē-

: of, relating to, or suggestive of a demon : fiendish

demonic cruelty

demonic laughter

demonically

di-ˈmä-ni-k(ə-)lē 

dē-

adverb

Synonyms

• cacodemonic
• demoniac
• demoniacal
• demonian
• devilish
• diabolical
• diabolic
• fiendish
• Luciferian
• satanic

Examples of demonic in a Sentence

the villain in the movie cackled with demonic laughter

Recent Examples on the Web

Hazel can pull, push, and even infiltrate the minds of the opposing spirits using her abilities, dodging and diving to avoid rogue slashes or a demonic helping of sludge. —Sarah Thwaites, Rolling Stone, 3 Apr. 2025

The Prime Video series, premiering on Thursday, April 3, sees Bacon, 66, playing a bounty hunter who comes back from the dead to find that his job now has a demonic new twist. —People Staff, People.com, 2 Apr. 2025

The nation falls to a mass epidemic of demonic possession spread through the viral messaging of right-wing media. —Vulture Editors, Vulture, 1 Apr. 2025

The story follows the three Maxwell siblings who grew up as the only Black family in a gated Dallas neighborhood, also tormented by strange and unexplainable demonic happenings in their house. —Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2025

Word History

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

First Known Use

1642, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for demonic

• atonic
• benthonic
• bionic
• bosonic
• bubonic
• canonic
• carbonic
• cyclonic
• dystonic
• hadronic
• harmonic
• hedonic