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diabolic (adj.)

late 14c., deabolik, "pertaining to the Devil; outrageously wicked, infernal," from Old French diabolique (13c.), from Late Latin diabolicus, from Ecclesiastical Greek diabolikos "devilish," from diabolos "the Devil, Satan" (see devil (n.)).

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Definitions of diabolic from WordNet

diabolic (adj.)
showing the cunning or ingenuity or wickedness typical of a devil;
the cold calculation and diabolic art of some statesmen
Synonyms: devilish / diabolical / mephistophelian / mephistophelean
diabolic (adj.)
extremely evil or cruel; expressive of cruelty or befitting hell;
fires lit up a diabolic scene
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