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Synonyms for diabolic

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

Synonyms for diabolic

The American Heritage® Roget's Thesaurus. Copyright © 2013, 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Synonyms for diabolic

showing the cunning or ingenuity or wickedness typical of a devil

extremely evil or cruel

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"It's a perfect, diabolic surprise," thought Razumov, calm-faced in his attitude of inscrutable superiority, nodding assent to Sophia Antonovna's remarks upon the psychology of "the people," "Oh yes--certainly," rather coldly, but with a nervous longing in his fingers to tear some sort of confession out of her throat.
Him after long debate, irresolute Of thoughts revolv'd, his final sentence chose Fit Vessel, fittest Imp of fraud, in whom To enter, and his dark suggestions hide From sharpest sight: for in the wilie Snake, Whatever sleights none would suspicious mark, As from his wit and native suttletie Proceeding, which in other Beasts observ'd Doubt might beget of Diabolic pow'r Active within beyond the sense of brute.
The incidents have come at a time when Pakistan has been ranting up its diabolic rhetoric of the so-called mistreatment of minorities in India, particularly Muslims, ever since the Indian Parliament decided to revoke the especially accorded constitutional status of Jammu and Kashmir.
'I appeal to the UNO and permanent members of the Security Council to thwart this diabolic game', he appealed.
The group with protesters carrying placards with several inscriptions, Second term ticket is a death sentence for workers in Kogi', 'We demand freedom from the diabolic and wicked GYB', 'Presidency, save Kogi from Bello', 'Bello, stop giving guns to our youths', amongst others noted that workers in the state have been pauperised and are starting to take their pound of flesh.
Thus begins a dangerous hunt for a diabolic group of sadists who prey on naive and susceptible college coeds.
Even the choice of the places targeted, Bastes said, was absolutely "diabolic" because people were gathered to thank God for giving a glorious life without end.
The most diabolic and ironic weaponization is that of the rule of law, which exists precisely for peace and justice.
'Numo Nmashie Family of Teshie has no land at Berekuso (Abokobi), and can, therefore, not grant same to Manasseh Resource which has contracted some military men as landguards to grab land unlawfully to suit their diabolic agenda.
The poignant fact is that peace today has become a subject to be discussed in conferences and summits, and all endeavours have been futile as violence establishes diabolic might.
Hyde: his boyish and affable exterior covers a twisted imagination that manufactures bizarre characters and diabolic situations.
In the 20th century, Halloween became synonymous with 'apple ducking', hollowed-out turnips with devilish features, and various diabolic creatures, including witches.
Morbid memories of those doomladen, diabolic days linger yet at nearby Maxwellton Cross.
But there is plenty still to suffer, like the ghoul-terrorist (Mahesh Balraj) chanting the diabolic equivalent of Badshah's rap riffs.
Congress Communications Incharge Randeep Singh Surjewala said the CWC noted with grave concern the"deliberate and diabolic agenda of BJP to play politics to use NRC as a divisive and emotional tool for misleading the people".