Hypertext Webster Gateway: "demonic"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Demonic \De*mo"nic\, a. [L. daemonicus, Gr. daimoniko`s.]
Of or pertaining to a demon or to demons; demoniac. ``Demonic
ambushes.'' --Lowell.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
demonic
adj : 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: {diabolic},
{diabolical}, {fiendish}, {hellish}, {infernal}, {satanic},
{unholy}]
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