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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
And the video, showcasing a diabolical Santa holding Flowers hostage in the desert while gleefully digging his grave.
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Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2024
And, yes, Edmund’s scheme to destroy Edgar and Gloucester’s relationship is diabolical.
—Jeanette Tran, The Conversation, 23 Oct. 2024
Anchoring these diabolical lyrical flights is a collection of enticingly busy sound sculptures: trap drums, soul samples, ominous keys, and other melodic embellishments sparkling in the mix like the gilded garments gracing an irate monarch.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 3 Dec. 2024
From its evocative postwar-Paris flashbacks to the diabolical twists that kept fans screaming with each new episode, Interview might be 2024’s most purely pleasurable show.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 3 Dec. 2024
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Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2024
And, yes, Edmund’s scheme to destroy Edgar and Gloucester’s relationship is diabolical.
—Jeanette Tran, The Conversation, 23 Oct. 2024
Anchoring these diabolical lyrical flights is a collection of enticingly busy sound sculptures: trap drums, soul samples, ominous keys, and other melodic embellishments sparkling in the mix like the gilded garments gracing an irate monarch.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 3 Dec. 2024
From its evocative postwar-Paris flashbacks to the diabolical twists that kept fans screaming with each new episode, Interview might be 2024’s most purely pleasurable show.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 3 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for diabolical
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Wake Up and Open Your Eyes, by Clay McLeod Chapman (January 7) $23 $25 now 8% off Chapman’s nightmare road-trip Wake Up and Open Your Eyes is driven by a kicker of a timely concept: a national epidemic of mass demonic possession, caused by prolonged exposure to polarizing media.Vulture Editors, Vulture, 7 Jan. 2025
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But one patient has a strange variation on the condition, where real-world faces appear demonic but those on screens look fine.New Atlas, New Atlas, 2 Jan. 2025
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Feathers tends to wear cutesy disguises, but comes across as a surprisingly sinister creature who is always observing.Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
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Now the star and filmmaker are trading Wakanda and the boxing ring for an original vision: a Depression-era vampire movie about twin brothers (Jordan plays both) who return to their Deep South hometown, only to find something sinister waiting.A.A. Dowd, Vulture, 6 Jan. 2025
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This was not out of choice: After his capture and before his execution, Höss was ordered to write his memoir, giving an insight into the workings of a mind that was both ordinary and chillingly evil.Saskya Vandoorne, CNN, 17 Jan. 2025
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Nietzsche’s treatise criticizes philosophers who rest their moral framework on the assumption that good and evil are opposites.Bethy Squires, Vulture, 13 Jan. 2025
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While conceding that standard phishing methods, those that typically require threat actors to craft malicious emails that are delivered to a wide audience, are relatively easy for email platforms to detect and block, that’s not the case with this phishless attack.Davey Winder, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
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Alec Baldwin sues New Mexico, claiming malicious prosecution.Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
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“Diabolical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/diabolical. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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