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• s  showing the cunning or ingenuity or wickedness typical of a devil
  the diabolical expression on his face
• s  extremely evil or cruel; expressive of cruelty or befitting hell
  diabolical sorcerers under the influence of devils

• Last week the "diabolical" colonel's son, Charles du Paty de Clam, became Vichy's new Commissioner General for Jewish Affairs.
• An Indian spokesman first denounced the Chinese offer as a "diabolical maneuver.
• He's back on Earth just in time, since his very arch enemy, Lex Luthor (Kevin Spacey), has been sprung from prison and has a plan--diabolical, of course--to debilitate Superman .

• devilish
• diabolic
• mephistophelian
• mephistophelean
• demonic
• fiendish
• hellish
• infernal
• satanic
• unholy

News & Articles

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• US Open 2013: Biggest Surprises from Day 2 at Merion
  There's no telling who will fall victim to the diabolical test of a U.S. Open, which is perhaps why it's one of golf's most intriguing and storied traditions. It's redemption for golf fans, who finally get an opportunity to watch the pros—who wreak havoc on courses with birdie barrages week in and week out—wrestle this bear of a golf course. Sometimes, though, you can hardly believe your eyes ...
  June 15, 2013 - Bleacher Report
• Actress Sandra Bullock In Talks To Join 'Annie' Movie
  The Heat star has kept her sweetheart reputation strong for much of her career, but now it seems the Academy award winning actress wants to shake things up. After signing up to join Steve Carrell's minions in a spinoff movie, Sandra Bullock is keeping her force on the dark side with a role as the diabolical Miss Hannigan, in the upcoming remake of Annie . The Will Gluck-directed picture, which ...
  June 14, 2013 - Vibe Magazine
• 5 books to keep you busy this summer
  With 17 million copies of his books in print, Jo Nesbo is the successor to the late Swedish author Stieg Larsson as the go-to guy for Scandanavian crime writing. Nesbo's Oslo detective Harry Hole is far from perfect — that is, he's human — and the Norwegian ace's plots (who knew nice little Norway had so many diabolical serial killers?) are complex without becoming overheated. With 16 novels ...
  June 13, 2013 - San Antonio Express-News

Quotes

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• Peter MacKay in Calgary Herald
  President Obama has stated quite clearly what we all believe . . . we want people to walk away from the diabolical ways of the Taliban and embrace stability, embrace human rights,MacKay said.
• Abraham Foxman in Jewish Telegraphic Agency
  Never, in our more than 20 years of following Minister Louis Farrakhan, have we seen him so obsessively devoted to his hate crusade against Jews,Foxman said. "His anti-Semitism is obsessive, diabolical and unrestrained. He has opened a new...