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diabolic a. 窮兇惡極的;殘忍的 窮凶惡極的;殘忍的 diabolic adj 1: showing the cunning or ingenuity or wickedness typical of a devil; " devilish schemes"; " the cold calculation and diabolic art of some statesmen"; " the diabolical expression on his face"; " a mephistophelian glint in his eye" [ synonym: { devilish}, { diabolic}, { diabolical}, { mephistophelian}, { mephistophelean}] 2: extremely evil or cruel; expressive of cruelty or befitting hell; " something demonic in him-- something that could be cruel"; " fires lit up a diabolic scene"; " diabolical sorcerers under the influence of devils"; " a fiendish despot"; " hellish torture"; " infernal instruments of war"; " satanic cruelty"; " unholy grimaces" [ synonym: { demonic}, { diabolic}, { diabolical}, { fiendish}, { hellish}, { infernal}, { satanic}, { unholy}] Diabolic \ Di` a* bol" ic\, Diabolical \ Di` a* bol" ic* al\, a. [ L. diabolicus, Gr. ? devilish, slanderous: cf. F. diabolique. See { Devil}.] 1. Pertaining to the devil; resembling, or appropriate, or appropriate to, the devil; befitting hell or satan; devilish; infernal; impious; as, a diabolic or diabolical temper or act; the diabolical expression on his face; fires lit up a diabolic scene. " Diabolic power." -- Milton. " The diabolical institution." -- Motley. Syn: devilish, mephistophelian, mephistophelean. [ 1913 Webster] 2. showing a wicked cunning or ingenuity; as, the cold calculation and diabolic art of some statesmen. Syn: devilish, mephistophelian, mephistophelean. [ WordNet 1. 5] 3. extremely evil or cruel; atrocious; outrageously wicked; as, diabolical sorcerers under the influence of devils; diabolical torturers taking pleasure in their craft. Syn: demonic, fiendish, hellish, infernal, nefarious, satanic. [ 1913 Webster WordNet 1. 5] -- { Di` a* bol" ic* al* ly}, adv. -- { Di` a* bol" ic* al* ness}, n. 93 Moby Thesaurus words for " diabolic": Draconian, Mephistophelian, Tartarean, abominable, accursed, animal, anthropophagous, appalling, atrocious, awful, bad, barbaric, barbarous, base, beastly, bestial, bloodthirsty, bloody, bloody- minded, brutal, brutalized, brute, brutish, cannibalistic, corrupt, cruel, cruel- hearted, cursed, damnable, demoniac, demoniacal, demonic, demonish, demonlike, depraved, devil- like, devilish, diabolical, dreadful, evil, execrable, fell, feral, ferocious, fiendish, fiendlike, fierce, flagitious, foul, ghoulish, heinous, hellborn, hellish, hideous, horrible, horrid, ill, impious, infernal, inhuman, inhumane, iniquitous, maleficent, malevolent, malicious, malign, monstrous, murderous, odious, ogreish, ruthless, sadistic, sanguinary, sanguineous, satanic, savage, serpentine, sharkish, sinful, sinister, slavering, subhuman, terrible, truculent, unchristian, uncivilized, ungodly, unhallowed, unhuman, vicious, vile, wicked, wolfish
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