| 单词 | diabolic |
| 释义 | diabolic (once / 1600 pages) adj Use the adjective diabolic to describe someone who acts in a terribly cruel way. A diabolic boy might pick up a cat by its tail and swing it around. When people are diabolic, they're evil. The horrible dictator who has thousands of civilians killed commits a diabolic act, and people who abuse children are also diabolic. The bad guy in a fairy tale is always diabolic. You can use diabolic interchangeably with the slightly more common diabolical. Both words have a Greek root, diabolikos, which means "devilish" and comes from diabolus, or "devil." WORD FAMILYdiabolic: diabolical, diabolically, diabolise, diabolize+/devil: deviled, deviling, devilise, devilish, devilize, devilled, devilling, devilment, devilry, devils, deviltry, diabolic/devilish: devilishly/devilment: devilments/devilry: devilries/deviltry: deviltries/diabolise: diabolised, diabolising/diabolize: diabolized, diabolizing USAGE EXAMPLESAnd protesters are proud that the diabolic “Temer out” chant has caught on. Washington Post(May 22, 2016) As such, Thomasin bears the brunt of the finger-pointing when the diabolic kicks off. The Guardian(Mar 07, 2016) Suffice to hint that laughter and comedy move from the diabolic to the humanistic, that the name of the rose is a play of words. Los Angeles Times(Feb 20, 2016) 1adj showing the cunning or ingenuity or wickedness typical of a devil the cold calculation and diabolic art of some statesmen Syn devilish, diabolical, mephistophelean, mephistophelian evil morally bad or wrong 2adj extremely evil or cruel; expressive of cruelty or befitting hell fires lit up a diabolic scene Syn demonic, diabolical, fiendish, hellish, infernal, satanic, unholy evil morally bad or wrong |
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