Synonyms for diabolical
di·a·bol·i·cal

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1. devilish, diabolic, diabolical, mephistophelian, mephistopheleanadjective

   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"

   Synonyms:
   mephistophelian, rascally, hellish, unholy, infernal, fiendish, satanic, roguish, diabolic, devilish, mephistophelean, demonic

   Antonyms:
   good

2. demonic, diabolic, diabolical, fiendish, hellish, infernal, satanic, unholyadjective

   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"

   Synonyms:
   blasted, mephistophelian, wicked, infernal, damned, diabolic, deuced, beastly, hellish, satanic, blamed, damn, goddam, goddamned, blessed, unhallowed, unholy, blame, god-awful, demonic, darned, goddamn, sinful, fiendish, mephistophelean, devilish

   Antonyms:
   good

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1. diabolicaladjective

   Synonyms:
   devilish, infernal, satanic, impious, atrocious, wicked

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1. List of paraphrases for "diabolical":

   devilish, evil, demonic, diabolic, satanic, unholy

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1. Alex Beresford:

   This is absolutely diabolical behavior, i ’m sorry, but Piers Morgan spouts off on a regular basis and we all have to sit there and listen. ? ITV then announced that Piers Morgan had decided to leave.

2. A. E. Housman:

   In every American there is an air of incorrigible innocence, which seems to conceal a diabolical cunning.

3. Kim Sung-tae:

   Kim Yong Chol is a diabolical war criminal who attacked the South, he deserves death by hanging in the street.

4. Umberto Eco:

   There is only one thing that arouses animals more than pleasure, and that is pain. Under torture you are as if under the dominion of those grasses that produce visions. Everything you have heard told, everything you have read returns to your mind, as if you were being transported, not toward heaven, but toward hell. Under torture you say not only what the inquisitor wants, but also what you imagine might please him, because a bond (this, truly, diabolical) is established between you and him.

5. Hank Johnson:

   It seems like this is a renegade contractor visiting abuse on military personnel and live animals, it’s mind-boggling. It’s like a diabolical mad scientist at work in a horror movie.