"diabolic" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˌdaɪəˈbɒlɪk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-diabolic.wav Forms: more diabolic [comparative], most diabolic [superlative]
Etymology: First attested between 1350 and 1400 from Middle English diabolik, from Middle French diabolique, from Late Latin diabolicus, from Ancient Greek διαβολικός (diabolikós, “devilish”), from διάβολος (diábolos, “devil”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*gʷelH-}}, {{inh|en|enm|diabolik}} Middle English diabolik, {{der|en|frm|diabolique}} Middle French diabolique, {{der|en|LL.|diabolicus}} Late Latin diabolicus, {{der|en|grc|διαβολικός||devilish}} Ancient Greek διαβολικός (diabolikós, “devilish”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} diabolic (comparative more diabolic, superlative most diabolic)
  1. Showing wickedness typical of a devil. Translations (showing wickedness typical of a devil): дяволски (djavolski) (Bulgarian), сатанински (sataninski) (Bulgarian), ďábelský (Czech), diabla (Esperanto), paholaismainen (Finnish), pirullinen (Finnish), diabolique (French), teuflisch (German), diabolisch (German), velnišķs (Latvian), velnišķīgs (Latvian), diabólico (Portuguese), дья́вольский (dʹjávolʹskij) (Russian), şeytanca (Turkish), şeytani (Turkish), дия́вольський (dyjávolʹsʹkyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-diabolic-en-adj-luGcbmlr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 55 Disambiguation of 'showing wickedness typical of a devil': 99 1
  2. Extremely evil or cruel. Translations (extremely evil or cruel): зъл (zǎl) (Bulgarian), жесток (žestok) (Bulgarian), paholaismainen (Finnish), pirullinen (Finnish), diabolique (French), teuflisch (German), diabolisch (German), diabólico (Portuguese), дья́вольский (dʹjávolʹskij) (Russian), дия́вольський (dyjávolʹsʹkyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-diabolic-en-adj-1qnPAJEe Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Latvian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Telugu translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 55 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 44 56 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 44 56 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 44 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 34 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 37 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 35 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 34 66 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 36 64 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 37 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 35 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Latvian translations: 34 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 34 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 35 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 35 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Telugu translations: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 34 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 34 66 Disambiguation of 'extremely evil or cruel': 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: devilish, mephistophelian, mephistophelean, demonic, fiendish, hellish, infernal, satanic, unholy, diabolick [obsolete] Derived forms: diabolical, nondiabolic

Adjective [Romanian]

Etymology: Borrowed from French diabolique, from Latin diabolicus. Etymology templates: {{bor+|ro|fr|diabolique}} Borrowed from French diabolique, {{der|ro|la|diabolicus}} Latin diabolicus Head templates: {{ro-adj}} diabolic m or n (feminine singular diabolică, masculine plural diabolici, feminine and neuter plural diabolice) Inflection templates: {{ro-decl-adj}} Forms: diabolică [feminine, singular], diabolici [masculine, plural], diabolice [feminine, neuter, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], diabolic [error-unrecognized-form, indefinite, masculine, neuter, singular], diabolică [error-unrecognized-form, feminine, indefinite, singular], diabolici [error-unrecognized-form, indefinite, masculine, plural], diabolice [error-unrecognized-form, feminine, indefinite, neuter, plural], diabolicul [definite, error-unrecognized-form, masculine, neuter, singular], diabolica [definite, error-unrecognized-form, feminine, singular], diabolicii [definite, error-unrecognized-form, masculine, plural], diabolicele [definite, error-unrecognized-form, feminine, neuter, plural], diabolice [error-unrecognized-form, feminine, indefinite, singular], diabolicului [definite, error-unrecognized-form, masculine, neuter, singular], diabolicei [definite, error-unrecognized-form, feminine, singular], diabolicilor [definite, error-unrecognized-form, masculine, plural], diabolicelor [definite, error-unrecognized-form, feminine, neuter, plural]
  1. diabolical Tags: masculine, neuter
    Sense id: en-diabolic-ro-adj-ZZMEeW59 Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Romanian entries with incorrect language header

Alternative forms

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    "Terms with Esperanto translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
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    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
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    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Telugu translations",
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      "word": "diabolical"
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          "ref": "1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 259:",
          "text": "\"The Sovereign Council of Wisdom,\" or the Order of Palladium, founded in Paris, was a diabolic order claiming masonic origin.",
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          "text": "diabolic magic square"
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          "text": "a cunning and diabolic plot"
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        {
          "text": "fires lit up a diabolic scene"
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      "word": "devilish"
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    {
      "word": "mephistophelian"
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    {
      "word": "mephistophelean"
    },
    {
      "word": "demonic"
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    {
      "word": "fiendish"
    },
    {
      "word": "hellish"
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    {
      "word": "infernal"
    },
    {
      "word": "satanic"
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      "word": "unholy"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "diabolick"
    }
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "djavolski",
      "sense": "showing wickedness typical of a devil",
      "word": "дяволски"
    },
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "sataninski",
      "sense": "showing wickedness typical of a devil",
      "word": "сатанински"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "showing wickedness typical of a devil",
      "word": "ďábelský"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "showing wickedness typical of a devil",
      "word": "diabla"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "showing wickedness typical of a devil",
      "word": "paholaismainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "showing wickedness typical of a devil",
      "word": "pirullinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "showing wickedness typical of a devil",
      "word": "diabolique"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "showing wickedness typical of a devil",
      "word": "teuflisch"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "showing wickedness typical of a devil",
      "word": "diabolisch"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "showing wickedness typical of a devil",
      "word": "velnišķs"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "showing wickedness typical of a devil",
      "word": "velnišķīgs"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "showing wickedness typical of a devil",
      "word": "diabólico"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dʹjávolʹskij",
      "sense": "showing wickedness typical of a devil",
      "word": "дья́вольский"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "showing wickedness typical of a devil",
      "word": "şeytanca"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "showing wickedness typical of a devil",
      "word": "şeytani"
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      "code": "uk",
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      "sense": "showing wickedness typical of a devil",
      "word": "дия́вольський"
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      "code": "bg",
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      "sense": "extremely evil or cruel",
      "word": "зъл"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
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      "word": "жесток"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "extremely evil or cruel",
      "word": "paholaismainen"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "extremely evil or cruel",
      "word": "pirullinen"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "extremely evil or cruel",
      "word": "diabolique"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "extremely evil or cruel",
      "word": "teuflisch"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "extremely evil or cruel",
      "word": "diabolisch"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "extremely evil or cruel",
      "word": "diabólico"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "extremely evil or cruel",
      "word": "дья́вольский"
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    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "dyjávolʹsʹkyj",
      "sense": "extremely evil or cruel",
      "word": "дия́вольський"
    }
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        "neuter",
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        "neuter",
        "plural"
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        "definite",
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        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
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      "form": "diabolicelor",
      "source": "declension",
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        "definite",
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        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
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}

Download raw JSONL data for diabolic meaning in All languages combined (9.4kB)

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}

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}

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