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Meaning of diabolic

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  diabolic
      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}, {diabolical},
             {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}, {diabolical}, {fiendish}, {hellish}, {infernal},
         {satanic}, {unholy}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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