demoniac
Collocations
4ADJ.
high, old
VERB + DEMONIAC
exulting, face, screaming, whipped
DEMONIAC + NOUN
activity, heights
ADV.
everywhere
Definitions
adj
Possessed or controlled by a demon.
Of or pertaining to demons; demonic.
How dark may be the hiding of God's face, Or what demoniac forms may seize the helm Of reason...
Animal fury and orgiastic licence here whipped themselves to demoniac heights by howls and squawking ecstasies that tore and reverberated through those nighted woods like pestilential tempests from the gulfs of hell.
noun
Someone who is possessed by a demon.
The exorcism was dropped from the second Edwardian Prayer Book, because of its implication that unbaptised infants were demoniacs […].
Thesaurus
Synonyms
adjective — of, pertaining to, or like a demon or possession by a demon
- demoniacal
- possessed
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
6How dark may be the hiding of God's face, Or what demoniac forms may seize the helm Of reason...
WiktionaryAnimal fury and orgiastic licence here whipped themselves to demoniac heights by howls and squawking ecstasies that tore and reverberated through those nighted woods like pestilential tempests from th
WiktionaryThere was movement everywhere, screaming, demoniac activity; the old man was coming across the tumbling logs.
WiktionaryThe exorcism was dropped from the second Edwardian Prayer Book, because of its implication that unbaptised infants were demoniacs […].
WiktionaryKathy set about brightening her coworkers' day with fresh muffins when her demoniac alter ago, High Priestess Lilith, convinced her to poison them.
Tatoeba · #779153When she saw herself discovered, she gibbered, made mouths, and pointed at them with her bloody fingers, with the frantic gestures of an exulting demoniac.
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