"diabolical" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: [ˌdaɪəˈbɒlɪkəɫ] [UK], [ˌdaɪəˈbɑlɪkəɫ] [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-diabolical.wav Forms: more diabolical [comparative], most diabolical [superlative]
Etymology: From diabolic + -al. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*gʷelH-}}, {{suf|en|diabolic|al}} diabolic + -al Head templates: {{en-adj}} diabolical (comparative more diabolical, superlative most diabolical)
  1. Extremely wicked or cruel. Translations (Extremely wicked or cruel): diabòlic (Catalan), paholaismainen (Finnish), pirullinen (Finnish), diabolico (Italian), 残酷な (zankoku na) (alt: ざんこくな) (Japanese), 邪悪な (jaaku na) (alt: じゃあくな) (Japanese), 悪質な (akushitsu na) (alt: あくしつな) (Japanese), зверский (zverskij) (Russian), а́дский (ádskij) (Russian), diabólico (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-diabolical-en-adj-cPjg-B8u Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -al, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Latvian translations, Terms with Plautdietsch translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 61 39 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -al: 79 21 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 79 21 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 80 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Latvian translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Plautdietsch translations: 95 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of 'Extremely wicked or cruel': 97 3
  2. Of or concerning the devil; satanic. Translations (Of, or concerning the devil; satanic): diabòlic (Catalan), pirullinen (Finnish), saatanallinen (Finnish), diabolico (Italian), 悪魔的な (akuma teki na) (alt: あくまてきな) (Japanese), velnišķs (Latvian), velnišķīgs (Latvian), diewlisch (Plautdietsch), дьявольский (dʹjavolʹskij) (Russian), diabólico (Spanish), şeytani (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-diabolical-en-adj-1vbW6A0u Disambiguation of 'Of, or concerning the devil; satanic': 3 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: archidiabolical, diabolically, diabolicalness
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      "word": "悪魔的な"
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      "sense": "Of, or concerning the devil; satanic",
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      "sense": "Of, or concerning the devil; satanic",
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      "sense": "Extremely wicked or cruel",
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      "sense": "Extremely wicked or cruel",
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      "sense": "Extremely wicked or cruel",
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      "sense": "Extremely wicked or cruel",
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      "word": "残酷な"
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