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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
Agatha All Along has been surprisingly fun, largely thanks to the clever setup and the really diabolical performances from Kathryn Hahn as Agatha Harkness and Aubrey Plaza as Rio Vidal (who is almost certainly Death).
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Erik Kain, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
An inflatable six-foot-tall replica of the spider doughnut will be available online for $55 for customers looking for deliciously diabolical Halloween decorations.
—Sabrina Weiss, People.com, 1 Oct. 2024
But Liam’s most diabolical, yet unfortunately hilarious, tweet came when someone asked him how Peggy — mother to Liam and Noel — felt about her two sons finally settling their feud after all these years.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 6 Sep. 2024
Intolerance, superstition, hostility towards all things foreign and diabolical intrigues at the royal court are his biggest enemies.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 21 Oct. 2024
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Erik Kain, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
An inflatable six-foot-tall replica of the spider doughnut will be available online for $55 for customers looking for deliciously diabolical Halloween decorations.
—Sabrina Weiss, People.com, 1 Oct. 2024
But Liam’s most diabolical, yet unfortunately hilarious, tweet came when someone asked him how Peggy — mother to Liam and Noel — felt about her two sons finally settling their feud after all these years.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 6 Sep. 2024
Intolerance, superstition, hostility towards all things foreign and diabolical intrigues at the royal court are his biggest enemies.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 21 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for diabolical
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His post casting Gallego as demonic the morning before Yom Kippur was called anti-Semitic by Jewish groups.Taylor Seely, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024
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Watch Kimmel talk about Carlson's demonic attack — and encourage viewers to go out and vote — in the clip above.EW.com, EW.com, 5 Nov. 2024
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Specifically, Bill becomes increasingly aware of young girls being held and abused by the nuns of his convent, led by a sinister mother superior, Sister Mary (played with dark-eyed, cold-hearted terror by Emily Watson).Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 5 Nov. 2024
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Elliot Page translates vitality and promise as the young teen, while a blood-freezing Catherine Keener is the sinister embodiment of resentment and cruelty.Declan Gallagher and Chris Bellamy, EW.com, 31 Oct. 2024
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Here's why At one point he’s basically indentured to almost comically evil thieves, who force him to crawl through small spaces in the rubble to steal for them.Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024
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The big difference between this show and that film is that there’s more than one body-hopping alien to contend with, and not all of them are evil.Erik Kain, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
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Apple has since revoked the notarization for the malicious program.Michael Kan, PCMAG, 7 Nov. 2024
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Between the lines: Many cybersecurity tools scan endpoints for signs of malicious intruders trying to get in.Sam Sabin, Axios, 29 Oct. 2024
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“Diabolical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/diabolical. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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