diabolical

  • (s) 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
    devilish, diabolic, mephistophelean, mephistophelian,
  • (s) 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
    demonic, fiendish, satanic, diabolic, hellish, infernal, unholy,

Synonyms

devilish diabolic mephistophelean mephistophelian demonic fiendish satanic hellish infernal unholy

Words of close approximity

diabolically