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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: extremely evil or cruel; expressive of cruelty or befitting hell; "something demonic in him--something that could be cruel"; "fires lit up a diabolic scene"; "diabolical sorcerers under the influence of devils"; "a fiendish despot"; "hellish torture"; "infernal instruments of war"; "satanic cruelty"; "unholy grimaces" [syn: demonic, diabolic, diabolical, fiendish, hellish, infernal, satanic, unholy]

Merriam Webster's

also demonical adjective Date: 1662 of, relating to, or suggestive of a demon ; fiendish <demonic cruelty> <demonic laughter> • demonically adverb

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. (also daemonic) 1 = DEMONIAC. 2 having or seeming to have supernatural genius or power. Etymology: LL daemonicus f. Gk daimonikos (as DEMON)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Demonic De*mo"nic, a. [L. daemonicus, Gr. daimoniko`s.] Of or pertaining to a demon or to demons; demoniac. ``Demonic ambushes.'' --Lowell.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Demonic means coming from or belonging to a demon or being like a demon. ...demonic forces. ...a demonic grin. ADJ: usu ADJ n