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diabolic
/ˌdaɪəˈbɒlɪk/
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What does diabolic mean?
adjective
- Of, being, or pertaining to a devil or the Devil.
- (figuratively) Having qualities traditionally attributed to devils.
- (figuratively) Wicked; evil; cruel.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˌdaɪəˈbɒlɪk/
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About this time there came under my observation an incident that will illustrate Lobo's diabolic cunning.
With the first effusion of blood their diabolic covering vanishes, and they are recognized, to the disgrace of their families.
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Especially prejudicial to a true development of medical science among the first Christians was their attribution of disease to diabolic influence.
Capitalists, intellectuals and the BOURGEOISIE were all "in on" this diabolic conspiracy, all thoroughly familiar with the plot, which Marx was so sure he had uncovered.
At the same time, the thin straight lines of the setting of the eyes, and the thin straight lips, and the markings in the nose, curved with a sarcasm that looked handsomely diabolic.