diabolic, adj.
extremely evil or cruel; expressive of cruelty or befitting hell
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demonic diabolic diabolical fiendish hellish infernal satanic unholy
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"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"
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showing the cunning or ingenuity or wickedness typical of a devil
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devilish diabolic diabolical mephistophelean mephistophelian
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"devilish schemes""the cold calculation and diabolic art of some statesmen"
"the diabolical expression on his face"
"a mephistophelian glint in his eye"
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