Demoniacal
[di'məuniæk,,di:məu-'naiəkəl]
Definition
(a.) Pertaining to, or characteristic of, a demon or evil spirit; devilish; as, a demoniac being; demoniacal practices.
(a.) Influenced or produced by a demon or evil spirit; as, demoniac or demoniacal power.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
Diabolical, devilish, infernal.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Fiendish, hell, Ish, diabolical
ANT:Angelical, seraphic, heavenly
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Examples
- With the death of the babe his fit of demoniacal rage passed as suddenly as it had seized him. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- A long silence ensued; during which the Jew was plunged in deep thought, with his face wrinkled into an expression of villainy perfectly demoniacal. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- They aroused a strange, nostalgic ache of desire, something almost demoniacal, never to be fulfilled. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- But Loerke pulled himself together, rose, quivering, looking full at Gerald, his body weak and furtive, but his eyes demoniacal with satire. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- He saw her bowed head, her rapt face, the face of an almost demoniacal ecstatic. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Would you also create for yourself and the world a demoniacal enemy? Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- All the demoniacal force of the man masked behind that listless manner burst out in a paroxysm of energy. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- It really seemed demoniacal. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The completion of my demoniacal design became an insatiable passion. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Rebecca laughed in her face, with a horrid sarcastic demoniacal laughter, that almost sent the schoolmistress into fits. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Her subtle, feminine, demoniacal soul knew it well. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- She had a rapt, triumphant look, like the fallen angels restored, yet still subtly demoniacal, now she held Birkin by the arm. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- At length the apes spied the huddled knot of terror-stricken maidens and with demoniacal shrieks of bestial frenzy, charged upon them. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- His face shone out like an apparition, so unconscious, and again, something demoniacal. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
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