DIABOLICAL Synonyms: 49 Similar and Opposite Words

diabolical

adjective

ˌdī-ə-ˈbä-li-kəl

variants 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 The sight of the Kelly-green jerseys, against the sickly inchworm green of Veterans Stadium’s diabolical artificial turf, got its talons in me. —Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025 There has never been such a diabolical assault on democracy in Florida. —Orlando Sentinel and South Florida Sun Sentinel Editorial Boards, Orlando Sentinel, 27 Jan. 2025 With a basketball in hand, Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell delivered a diabolical blow to NBA fans still reeling from the loss of their former franchise. —Paulina Dedaj, Fox News, 19 Feb. 2025 Jon Gries absolutely deserves the millions of gasps his unannounced return, as the late Tanya McQuoid’s (Jennifer Coolidge) diabolical widower Greg Hunt, on Sunday surely evoked. —Judy Berman, TIME, 17 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for diabolical

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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
The television version follows Michael Sheen and David Tennant in the shoes of the angelic Aziraphale and the demonic Crowley.

— Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2025