Synonyms for demonic
dɪˈmɒn ɪkde·mon·ic

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1. 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, darned, diabolical, goddamn, sinful, fiendish, mephistophelean, devilish

   Antonyms:
   good

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1. List of paraphrases for "demonic":

   diabolical, devilish, evil

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How to use demonic in a sentence?

1. Joel Rosenberg:

   When Al Qaeda thinks you’re crazy, you’re really crazy, and these people are not just crazy – they’re demonic.

2. Margaret Brennan:

   They should’ve replaced Fauci, declared victory and said basically this whole thing of America, the show that we do, the American show must go on. Had [Biden] gone that route, more people would have probably gotten vaccinated as well, the question remains, will Biden given to this truly demonic impulse to restrict the movement of the unvaccinated through the United States?

3. Emil Cioran:

   Only one endowed with restless vitality is susceptible to pessimism. You become a pessimist --a demonic, elemental, bestial pessimist --only when life has been defeated many times in its fight against depression.

4. Hilmar Orn Hilmarsson:

   There is nothing remotely satanic or demonic in this, this is a very gentle movement on how to be a good friend, good to your family and an honorable person.

5. Ryszard Kapuściński:

   Although a system may cease to exist in the legal sense or as a structure of power, its values (or anti-values), its philosophy, its teachings remain in us. They rule our thinking, our conduct, our attitude to others. The situation is a demonic paradox: we have toppled the system but we still carry its genes.