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as in sinister
of, relating to, or worthy of an evil spirit
the villain in the movie cackled with demonic laughter
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Recent Examples of demonic
Additionally, the Massachusetts legislature has made efforts over the past four years to clear the names of those accused of demonic sorcery during the Salem Witch Trials, which filled the colony’s courts throughout much of the 1600s.
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Gary Collins, Baltimore Sun, 12 Jan. 2025
Orlok is given a different demonic origin, as an Orthodox nun tells Thomas that the Count sold his soul to the Devil and dabbled in black magic during his life.
—Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
From bizarre biological quirks that cause demonic hallucinations, to sci-fi scenarios like brains piloting robots and full head transplants, here are the weirdest science stories of 2024.
—New Atlas, 2 Jan. 2025
The new twists mostly arrive in the presentation of Ellen, whose frightening behavior begins to resemble a demonic possession.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 24 Dec. 2024
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Gary Collins, Baltimore Sun, 12 Jan. 2025
Orlok is given a different demonic origin, as an Orthodox nun tells Thomas that the Count sold his soul to the Devil and dabbled in black magic during his life.
—Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
From bizarre biological quirks that cause demonic hallucinations, to sci-fi scenarios like brains piloting robots and full head transplants, here are the weirdest science stories of 2024.
—New Atlas, 2 Jan. 2025
The new twists mostly arrive in the presentation of Ellen, whose frightening behavior begins to resemble a demonic possession.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 24 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for demonic
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Her decision to give her baby up for adoption exposes the sinister dealings of Dagmar Overbye (Trine Dyrholm), the female Danish serial killer whose true-life murder of dozens of children in the 1910s inspired the film.—
Brande Victorian,
The Hollywood Reporter,
13 Feb. 2025
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The instrumental is decidedly sinister, and his vocals sound eerily similar to Michael’s.—
Matthew Ismael Ruiz,
Vulture,
12 Feb. 2025
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But the dude came out sporting the American flag, everyone was fully clothed and there was no obvious signs of satanic worship.—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
10 Feb. 2025
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During the ’90s, protesters decried Marilyn Manson’s music and performances as offensive, obscene, satanic, degrading toward women, and promoting violence and abuse; fans and supporters argued that the shock value was actually in service of thought-provoking social commentary.—
Jennifer Zhan,
Vulture,
24 Jan. 2025
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After all, how many evil corporations have started because a guy got embarrassed about his wiener in the woods?—
Josh Wigler,
The Hollywood Reporter,
10 Feb. 2025
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Other groups saw them as fires generated by evil sky spirits.—
Ari Daniel,
Smithsonian Magazine,
6 Feb. 2025
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The actress also had a memorable guest turn in The Vampire Diaries (2010–2017) and a diabolical three-episode run on Gotham (2016).—
Sezin Devi Koehler,
EW.com,
8 Feb. 2025
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Indeed, the moderate Israeli opposition would have no choice but to support him, freeing him of the diabolical Israeli far-right.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
3 Feb. 2025
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The best way to safeguard yourself from malicious links that install malware, potentially accessing your private information, is to have antivirus software installed on all your devices.—
Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report,
Fox News,
15 Feb. 2025
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Maloof is suing the city of Palm Bay, the Palm Bay Police Department and the officer on claims including malicious prosecution and false arrest.—
Julia Marnin,
Miami Herald,
12 Feb. 2025
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On the small screen, the actor was one half of a buddy cop duo in Battle Creek (2015) before taking on a villainous role in the Stephen King adaptation 11.22.63 (2016) and a heroic one in Netflix’s superhero series Jupiter's Legacy (2021).—
Danny Horn,
EW.com,
2 Feb. 2025
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Hoult made his way back into the picture as the villainous Lex Luthor, and Portuguese model Sara Sampaio has been cast as his assistant Eve Teschmacher.—
Zoe Guy,
Vulture,
28 Jan. 2025
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“Demonic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/demonic. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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