| slovo | definícia |
diabol
(msas) | diabol
- archenemy, devil, fiend, old nick, satan |
diabol
(msasasci) | diabol
- archenemy, devil, fiend, old nick, satan |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
diabolský
(msas) | diabolský
- devilish, satanic |
diabolsky
(msasasci) | diabolsky
- devilish, satanic |
diabolatry
(encz) | diabolatry, n: |
diabolic
(encz) | diabolic,ďábelský adj: Zdeněk Broždiabolic,pekelný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
diabolical
(encz) | diabolical,ďábelský |
diabolically
(encz) | diabolically,ďábelsky Zdeněk Brož |
diabolise
(encz) | diabolise, v: |
diabolism
(encz) | diabolism,ďábelskost n: Zdeněk Brož |
diabolist
(encz) | diabolist, n: |
diabolize
(encz) | diabolize, v: |
Diabolic
(gcide) | Diabolic \Di`a*bol"ic\, Diabolical \Di`a*bol"ic*al\, a. [L.
diabolicus, Gr. ? devilish, slanderous: cf. F. diabolique.
See Devil.]
1. Pertaining to the devil; resembling, or appropriate, or
appropriate to, the devil; befitting hell or satan;
devilish; infernal; impious; as, a diabolic or diabolical
temper or act; the diabolical expression on his face;
fires lit up a diabolic scene. "Diabolic power." --Milton.
"The diabolical institution." --Motley.
Syn: devilish, mephistophelian, mephistophelean.
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2. showing a wicked cunning or ingenuity; as, the cold
calculation and diabolic art of some statesmen.
Syn: devilish, mephistophelian, mephistophelean.
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3. extremely evil or cruel; atrocious; outrageously wicked;
as, diabolical sorcerers under the influence of devils;
diabolical torturers taking pleasure in their craft.
Syn: demonic, fiendish, hellish, infernal, nefarious,
satanic.
[1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5] -- Di`a*bol"ic*al*ly,
adv. -- Di`a*bol"ic*al*ness, n. |
Diabolical
(gcide) | Diabolic \Di`a*bol"ic\, Diabolical \Di`a*bol"ic*al\, a. [L.
diabolicus, Gr. ? devilish, slanderous: cf. F. diabolique.
See Devil.]
1. Pertaining to the devil; resembling, or appropriate, or
appropriate to, the devil; befitting hell or satan;
devilish; infernal; impious; as, a diabolic or diabolical
temper or act; the diabolical expression on his face;
fires lit up a diabolic scene. "Diabolic power." --Milton.
"The diabolical institution." --Motley.
Syn: devilish, mephistophelian, mephistophelean.
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2. showing a wicked cunning or ingenuity; as, the cold
calculation and diabolic art of some statesmen.
Syn: devilish, mephistophelian, mephistophelean.
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3. extremely evil or cruel; atrocious; outrageously wicked;
as, diabolical sorcerers under the influence of devils;
diabolical torturers taking pleasure in their craft.
Syn: demonic, fiendish, hellish, infernal, nefarious,
satanic.
[1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5] -- Di`a*bol"ic*al*ly,
adv. -- Di`a*bol"ic*al*ness, n. |
Diabolically
(gcide) | Diabolic \Di`a*bol"ic\, Diabolical \Di`a*bol"ic*al\, a. [L.
diabolicus, Gr. ? devilish, slanderous: cf. F. diabolique.
See Devil.]
1. Pertaining to the devil; resembling, or appropriate, or
appropriate to, the devil; befitting hell or satan;
devilish; infernal; impious; as, a diabolic or diabolical
temper or act; the diabolical expression on his face;
fires lit up a diabolic scene. "Diabolic power." --Milton.
"The diabolical institution." --Motley.
Syn: devilish, mephistophelian, mephistophelean.
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2. showing a wicked cunning or ingenuity; as, the cold
calculation and diabolic art of some statesmen.
Syn: devilish, mephistophelian, mephistophelean.
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3. extremely evil or cruel; atrocious; outrageously wicked;
as, diabolical sorcerers under the influence of devils;
diabolical torturers taking pleasure in their craft.
Syn: demonic, fiendish, hellish, infernal, nefarious,
satanic.
[1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5] -- Di`a*bol"ic*al*ly,
adv. -- Di`a*bol"ic*al*ness, n. |
Diabolicalness
(gcide) | Diabolic \Di`a*bol"ic\, Diabolical \Di`a*bol"ic*al\, a. [L.
diabolicus, Gr. ? devilish, slanderous: cf. F. diabolique.
See Devil.]
1. Pertaining to the devil; resembling, or appropriate, or
appropriate to, the devil; befitting hell or satan;
devilish; infernal; impious; as, a diabolic or diabolical
temper or act; the diabolical expression on his face;
fires lit up a diabolic scene. "Diabolic power." --Milton.
"The diabolical institution." --Motley.
Syn: devilish, mephistophelian, mephistophelean.
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2. showing a wicked cunning or ingenuity; as, the cold
calculation and diabolic art of some statesmen.
Syn: devilish, mephistophelian, mephistophelean.
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3. extremely evil or cruel; atrocious; outrageously wicked;
as, diabolical sorcerers under the influence of devils;
diabolical torturers taking pleasure in their craft.
Syn: demonic, fiendish, hellish, infernal, nefarious,
satanic.
[1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5] -- Di`a*bol"ic*al*ly,
adv. -- Di`a*bol"ic*al*ness, n. |
Diabolify
(gcide) | Diabolify \Di`a*bol"i*fy\, v. t. [L. diabolus devil + -fy.]
To ascribed diabolical qualities to; to change into, or to
represent as, a devil. [R.] --Farindon.
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Diabolism
(gcide) | Diabolism \Di*ab"o*lism\, n.
1. Character, action, or principles appropriate to the devil.
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2. Possession by the devil. --Bp. Warburton.
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Diabolize
(gcide) | Diabolize \Di*ab"o*lize\, v. t.
To render diabolical. [R.]
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Diabolo
(gcide) | Diabolo \Di*ab"o*lo\ (d[i^]*[a^]b"[-o]*l[=o]), n.
An old game or sport (revived under this name) consisting in
whirling on a string, fastened to two sticks, a small
somewhat spool-shaped object (called the diabolo) so as to
balance it on a string, toss it in the air and catch it, etc.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] |
Diabolus ursinus
(gcide) | Devil \Dev"il\, n. [AS. de['o]fol, de['o]ful; akin to G. ?eufel,
Goth. diaba['u]lus; all fr. L. diabolus the devil, Gr. ? the
devil, the slanderer, fr. ? to slander, calumniate, orig., to
throw across; ? across + ? to throw, let fall, fall; cf. Skr.
gal to fall. Cf. Diabolic.]
1. The Evil One; Satan, represented as the tempter and
spiritual of mankind.
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[Jesus] being forty days tempted of the devil.
--Luke iv. 2.
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That old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which
deceiveth the whole world. --Rev. xii. 9.
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2. An evil spirit; a demon.
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A dumb man possessed with a devil. --Matt. ix.
32.
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3. A very wicked person; hence, any great evil. "That devil
Glendower." "The devil drunkenness." --Shak.
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Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a
devil? --John vi. 70.
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4. An expletive of surprise, vexation, or emphasis, or,
ironically, of negation. [Low]
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The devil a puritan that he is, . . . but a
timepleaser. --Shak.
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The things, we know, are neither rich nor rare,
But wonder how the devil they got there. --Pope.
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5. (Cookery) A dish, as a bone with the meat, broiled and
excessively peppered; a grill with Cayenne pepper.
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Men and women busy in baking, broiling, roasting
oysters, and preparing devils on the gridiron. --Sir
W. Scott.
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6. (Manuf.) A machine for tearing or cutting rags, cotton,
etc.
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Blue devils. See under Blue.
Cartesian devil. See under Cartesian.
Devil bird (Zool.), one of two or more South African drongo
shrikes (Edolius retifer, and Edolius remifer),
believed by the natives to be connected with sorcery.
Devil may care, reckless, defiant of authority; -- used
adjectively. --Longfellow.
Devil's apron (Bot.), the large kelp ({Laminaria
saccharina}, and Laminaria longicruris) of the Atlantic
ocean, having a blackish, leathery expansion, shaped
somewhat like an apron.
Devil's coachhorse. (Zool.)
(a) The black rove beetle (Ocypus olens). [Eng.]
(b) A large, predacious, hemipterous insect ({Prionotus
cristatus}); the wheel bug. [U.S.]
Devil's darning-needle. (Zool.) See under Darn, v. t.
Devil's fingers, Devil's hand (Zool.), the common British
starfish (Asterias rubens); -- also applied to a sponge
with stout branches. [Prov. Eng., Irish & Scot.]
Devil's riding-horse (Zool.), the American mantis ({Mantis
Carolina}).
The Devil's tattoo, a drumming with the fingers or feet.
"Jack played the Devil's tattoo on the door with his boot
heels." --F. Hardman (Blackw. Mag.).
Devil worship, worship of the power of evil; -- still
practiced by barbarians who believe that the good and evil
forces of nature are of equal power.
Printer's devil, the youngest apprentice in a printing
office, who runs on errands, does dirty work (as washing
the ink rollers and sweeping), etc. "Without fearing the
printer's devil or the sheriff's officer." --Macaulay.
Tasmanian devil (Zool.), a very savage carnivorous
marsupial of Tasmania (Dasyurus ursinus syn. {Diabolus
ursinus}).
To play devil with, to molest extremely; to ruin. [Low]
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diabolatry
(wn) | diabolatry
n 1: the acts or rites of worshiping devils [syn: diabolatry,
demonolatry, devil-worship] |
diabolic
(wn) | diabolic
adj 1: showing the cunning or ingenuity or wickedness typical of
a devil; "devilish schemes"; "the cold calculation and
diabolic art of some statesmen"; "the diabolical
expression on his face"; "a mephistophelian glint in his
eye" [syn: devilish, diabolic, diabolical,
mephistophelian, mephistophelean]
2: 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] |
diabolical
(wn) | diabolical
adj 1: showing the cunning or ingenuity or wickedness typical of
a devil; "devilish schemes"; "the cold calculation and
diabolic art of some statesmen"; "the diabolical
expression on his face"; "a mephistophelian glint in his
eye" [syn: devilish, diabolic, diabolical,
mephistophelian, mephistophelean]
2: 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] |
diabolically
(wn) | diabolically
adv 1: as a devil; in an evil manner; "his writing could be
diabolically satiric" [syn: diabolically, devilishly,
fiendishly] |
diabolise
(wn) | diabolise
v 1: turn into a devil or make devilish; "Man devilized by war"
[syn: devilize, devilise, diabolize, diabolise] |
diabolism
(wn) | diabolism
n 1: a belief in and reverence for devils (especially Satan)
[syn: diabolism, demonism, Satanism] |
diabolist
(wn) | diabolist
n 1: an adherent of Satan or Satanism [syn: Satanist,
diabolist] |
diabolize
(wn) | diabolize
v 1: turn into a devil or make devilish; "Man devilized by war"
[syn: devilize, devilise, diabolize, diabolise] |
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