Antonyms for diabolic

Grammar : Adj

Spell : dahy-uh-bol-ik or dahy-uh-bol-i-kuh l

Phonetic Transcription : ˌdaɪ əˈbɒl ɪk or ˌdaɪ əˈbɒl ɪ kəl

Definition of diabolic

Origin : late 14c., from Old French diabolique (13c.), from Late Latin diabolicus, from Ecclesiastical Greek diabolikos "devilish," from diabolos (see devil (n.)).

adj evil, fiendish

Example sentences :

What diabolic jugglery was at work when the exchange was made?
Extract from : « Masterpieces of Mystery » by Various

Everybody watched with wonder this play, as of some large and diabolic toy.
Extract from : « Romance » by Joseph Conrad and F.M. Hueffer

The table seemed to wake to diabolic energy under her palms.
Extract from : « The Shadow World » by Hamlin Garland

Understand, I do not say that it was not spiritual or diabolic.
Extract from : « The Innocence of Father Brown » by G. K. Chesterton

He had charmed her from her home by the exercise of diabolic arts.
Extract from : « A Black Adonis » by Linn Boyd Porter

No, it is a country the most diabolic this side of the ocean.
Extract from : « Hurricane Island » by H. B. Marriott Watson

It was as if this were the final, consummate stroke of the diabolic master.
Extract from : « The Creators » by May Sinclair

And their diabolic husbands never noticed that they had been stolen.
Extract from : « The Folk-Tales of the Magyars » by Various

Diabolic lore la Jules Dubois and other modern magi is profuse.
Extract from : « Egoists » by James Huneker

Daniel felt that underneath the whole affair there was some diabolic intrigue.
Extract from : « The Clique of Gold » by Emile Gaboriau

Synonyms for diabolic

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