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| type | s |
| lex_filenum | 00 |
| def | extremely evil or cruel |
| def | expressive of cruelty or befitting hell |
| examples | 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 |
| Outgoing links | |
| Similar to | evil |
| Derivationally related form | unholy → unholiness |
| Derivationally related form | diabolic → devil |
| Derivationally related form | demonic → demon |
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| Similar to | evil |
| Derived from adjective | fiendishly → fiendish |
| Derived from adjective | diabolically → diabolic |
| Derivationally related form | unholiness → unholy |
| Derivationally related form | demon → demonic |
| Derivationally related form | devil → diabolic |
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