"demonic" meaning in English

See demonic in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /dɪˈmɒnɪk/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-demonic.wav Forms: more demonic [comparative], most demonic [superlative]
enPR: dĭmŏ'nĭk [UK] Rhymes: -ɒnɪk Etymology: From Latin daemonicus, from Ancient Greek δαιμονικός (daimonikós, “possessed by a demon, sent by a demon”), from δαίμων (daímōn), equivalent to demon + -ic. Doublet of daimonic. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|daemonicus}} Latin daemonicus, {{uder|en|grc|δαιμονικός||possessed by a demon, sent by a demon}} Ancient Greek δαιμονικός (daimonikós, “possessed by a demon, sent by a demon”), {{suf|en|demon|ic}} demon + -ic, {{doublet|en|daimonic}} Doublet of daimonic Head templates: {{en-adj}} demonic (comparative more demonic, superlative most demonic)
  1. Pertaining to demons or evil spirits; demoniac. Translations (Pertaining to evil spirits): демоничен (demoničen) (Bulgarian), demoníac (Catalan), demonisch (Dutch), demona (Esperanto), deemonlik (Estonian), demoninen (Finnish), pirullinen (Finnish), démoniaque (French), dämonisch (German), démoni (Hungarian), demonico (Italian), demoniaco (Italian), dēmonisks (Latvian), demonisk (Norwegian Bokmål), demonisk (Norwegian Nynorsk), demoniac (Occitan), dēofollīċ (Old English), demoniczny (Polish), biesowski [uncommon] (Polish), demoníaco (Portuguese), demonic (Romanian), demoniac (Romanian), демони́ческий (demoníčeskij) (Russian), дья́вольский (dʹjávolʹskij) (Russian), नारक (nāraka) (Sanskrit), demoníaco (Spanish), djävulsk (Swedish), demonisk (Swedish), malademonyo (Tagalog)
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  2. Pertaining to daemons in ancient Greek thought; concerning supernatural ‘genius’.
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  3. (by extension) Extremely cruel or evil; abhorrent or repugnant. Tags: broadly
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: demonish, demonlike, demonly, daemonic [dated], dæmonic [dated] Related terms: demon, demoniac, demoniacal

Alternative forms

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      "word": "демоничен"
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      "sense": "Pertaining to evil spirits",
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      "sense": "Pertaining to evil spirits",
      "word": "démoniaque"
    },
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      "sense": "Pertaining to evil spirits",
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    },
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      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "Pertaining to evil spirits",
      "word": "démoni"
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      "sense": "Pertaining to evil spirits",
      "word": "demonico"
    },
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      "sense": "Pertaining to evil spirits",
      "word": "demoniaco"
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      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "Pertaining to evil spirits",
      "word": "dēmonisks"
    },
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      "code": "nb",
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      "sense": "Pertaining to evil spirits",
      "word": "demonisk"
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      "word": "demoniac"
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      "sense": "Pertaining to evil spirits",
      "word": "dēofollīċ"
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      "sense": "Pertaining to evil spirits",
      "word": "demoniczny"
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      "sense": "Pertaining to evil spirits",
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      "sense": "Pertaining to evil spirits",
      "word": "demoníaco"
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      "sense": "Pertaining to evil spirits",
      "word": "demonic"
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      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "Pertaining to evil spirits",
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      "roman": "demoníčeskij",
      "sense": "Pertaining to evil spirits",
      "word": "демони́ческий"
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      "word": "नारक"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "Pertaining to evil spirits",
      "word": "demoníaco"
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      "sense": "Pertaining to evil spirits",
      "word": "djävulsk"
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      "sense": "Pertaining to evil spirits",
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}

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