Demoniacal

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Demoniac \De*mo"ni*ac\, Demoniacal \Dem`o*ni"a*cal\ (?; 277), a.
     [L. daemoniacus, fr. daemon; cf. F. d['e]moniaque. See
     {Demon}.]
     1. Pertaining to, or characteristic of, a demon or evil
        spirit; devilish; as, a demoniac being; demoniacal
        practices.


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              Sarcastic, demoniacal laughter.       --Thackeray.
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     2. Influenced or produced by a demon or evil spirit; as,
        demoniac or demoniacal power. "Demoniac frenzy." --Milton.
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     3. resembling or suggesting possession by a demon; as,
        demoniac energy.
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     4. in a murderous frenzy as if possessed by a demon.
  
     Syn: amuck, amok, berserk, demoniac, possessed(predicate).
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  demoniacal
       adj 1: in a murderous frenzy as if possessed by a demon; "the
              soldier was completely amuck"; "berserk with grief";
              "a berserk worker smashing windows" [syn: {amuck}, {amok},
               {berserk}, {demoniac}, {possessed(p)}]
       2: resembling or suggesting possession by a demon; "demoniac
          energy"; "a demoniacal fit" [syn: {demoniac}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  101 Moby Thesaurus words for "demoniacal":
     Draconian, Mephistophelian, Tartarean, abandoned, amok, animal,
     anthropophagous, atrocious, barbaric, barbarous, beastly,
     bellowing, berserk, bestial, bloodthirsty, bloody, bloody-minded,
     brutal, brutalized, brute, brutish, cannibalistic, carried away,
     cruel, cruel-hearted, cursed, damnable, delirious, demoniac,
     demonic, demonish, demonlike, devil-like, devilish, diabolic,
     distracted, ecstatic, enraptured, execrable, fell, feral,
     ferocious, fiendish, fiendlike, fierce, frantic, frenzied,
     fulminating, furious, ghoulish, haggard, hellborn, hellish,
     hog-wild, howling, hysterical, in a transport, in hysterics,
     infernal, inhuman, inhumane, intoxicated, mad, madding, maniac,
     murderous, ogreish, orgasmic, orgiastic, possessed, rabid, raging,
     ramping, ranting, raving, ravished, roaring, running mad, ruthless,
     sadistic, sanguinary, sanguineous, satanic, savage, sharkish,
     slavering, storming, subhuman, transported, truculent, unchristian,
     uncivilized, uncontrollable, ungodly, unhuman, vicious, violent,
     wild, wild-eyed, wild-looking, wolfish