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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How to use diabolical in a sentence?

1. Jerry Falwell:

   Homosexuality is Satan's diabolical attack upon the family that will not only have a corrupting influence upon our next generation, but it will also bring down the wrath of God upon America.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. Barbara Bowman:

   It makes me sick, and it sends a very wrong message about what consent really means, consent is not the absence of a' no.' And when you put drugs and alcohol in the mix, and put a person into a state of impairment and incapacitation where they're not able to respond in a normal setting, it's manipulative. It's diabolical. It's controlling. And it's typical behavior and thinking of a sociopath.

5. Pat Boone:

   God has a sense of humor. Why else would he invent the porcupine and the giraffe ? something can be devilishly funny, but this skit is diabolical. God has only one real enemy — Satan. Satan ridicules faith, and they’re taking Satan’s side. They’re also ridiculing me and the film, telling impressionableyoung people not to see it because it's ridiculous. Then they throw in that the lawyer is Jewish to make the Christian look even worse, but it’s just anti-Semitic.