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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Diabolic \Di`a*bol"ic\, Diabolical \Di`a*bol"ic*al\, a. [L. diabolicus Gr ? devilish, slanderous: cf F. diabolique See {Devil}.] Pertaining to the devil; resembling, or appropriate, or appropriate to the devil; devilish; infernal; impious; atrocious; nefarious; outrageously wicked; as a diabolic or diabolical temper or act ``Diabolic power.'' --Milton. ``The diabolical institution.'' --Motley. -- {Di`a*bol"ic*al*ly}, adv -- {Di`a*bol"ic*al*ness}, n. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: diabolical adj 1: showing the cunning or ingenuity or wickedness typical of a devil; "devilish schemes"; "the cold calculation and diabolic art of some statesmen"; "the diabolical expression on his face"; "a mephistophelian glint in his eye" [syn: {devilish}, {diabolic}, {mephistophelian}, {mephistophelean}] 2: extremely evil or cruel; expressive of cruelty or befitting hell; "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" [syn: {demonic}, {diabolic}, {fiendish}, {hellish}, {infernal}, {satanic}, {unholy}]
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