Meaning & use
Diabolic
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Extremely evil, wicked, or characteristic of the devil.
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The villain hatched a diabolic scheme to seize control of the city.
There was something almost diabolic in the precision of his cruelty.
A note on using this word
Essentially interchangeable with 'diabolical,' though the shorter form is somewhat less common in everyday speech.
Words with a similar meaning
diabolicalfiendish
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Words with an opposite meaning
angelicsaintly
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