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also demonical
as in sinister
of, relating to, or worthy of an evil spirit
the villain in the movie cackled with demonic laughter
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Recent Examples of demonic
Herculine follows a young trans woman who decides to fight her malaise—and her demonic visions—by joining her ex’s trans girl commune in rural Indiana.
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Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2025
When her mother leaves the room for a moment, she's accosted by a demonic entity that toys with her through funhouse-style reflections, creating this evil doppelganger of Judy.
—Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Sep. 2025
The film very loosely adapts one tale from the lore of the titular Chinese protection deity, an eccentric-looking boy warrior of mystical, demonic birth.
—Derek Robertson, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025
However, his demonic power stops where blood thinners begin.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
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Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2025
When her mother leaves the room for a moment, she's accosted by a demonic entity that toys with her through funhouse-style reflections, creating this evil doppelganger of Judy.
—Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Sep. 2025
The film very loosely adapts one tale from the lore of the titular Chinese protection deity, an eccentric-looking boy warrior of mystical, demonic birth.
—Derek Robertson, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025
However, his demonic power stops where blood thinners begin.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for demonic
Adjective
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Football season has arrived, and so has a new horror movie produced by Jordan Peele that delves into the sinister side of the game.—
Neda Ulaby,
NPR,
19 Sep. 2025
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Amelia Gray Hamlin Amelia Gray Hamlin partnered her black lace get-up with a sinister makeup look involving misty gray shadow.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
19 Sep. 2025
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From vengeful resurrections to satanic rituals, shoplifters waging war on capitalism to secret cults, shadow selves to harrowing births, these genre-defying films crown the Dolls as auteurs, protagonists, dreamers, and disruptors.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
10 Sep. 2025
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Or are the Conjurings just set in a conservative mirror universe where the witch trials were also justified, Ouija boards really are direct lines to hell, and the satanic panic was not a panic at all?—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The inexcusable, evil acts of an individual.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
14 Sep. 2025
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He and his followers were locked in a battle with an enemy that was not just ideologically opposed but unwell, possibly evil.—
Rachel Monroe,
New Yorker,
13 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Greens are guarded with some diabolical sand traps, and the usually whipping wind forces you to plot every shot.—
Moira McCarthy,
Boston Herald,
11 Sep. 2025
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One of the most diabolical moments ever devised by Horne and the Taskmaster writers, this one’s got it all, from James Acaster absolutely losing his mind to Rhod Gilbert taking it all out on Horne through a simple reinterpretation of the task instructions.—
Matthew Jackson,
Vulture,
11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The best way to safeguard yourself from malicious links that install malware, potentially accessing your private information, is to have strong antivirus software installed on all your devices.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
20 Sep. 2025
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If the vulnerability had been discovered by, or fallen into the hands of, malicious hackers, the fallout could have been devastating.—
Kevin Purdy,
ArsTechnica,
20 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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In The Three Amigos, a trio of American actors who have played heroic gunslingers in a series of popular silent films, are accidentally hired by the villagers of Santa Poco to protect them from the villainous bandit leader, El Guapo, who kidnaps a beautiful villager to be his unwilling bride.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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And his role in the latter is a villainous one — similar to his turn in 2023's The Fall of the House of Usher, which Life of Chuck director Mike Flanagan also helmed.—
Jen Juneau,
PEOPLE,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Demonic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/demonic. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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