di‧a‧bol‧i‧cal/ˌdaɪəˈbɒlɪkəl◂$-ˈbɑː-/adjective1(alsodiabolic/ˌdaɪəˈbɒ◂lɪk$-ˈbɑː-/)evilorcrueldiabolical abuse2British Englishinformalextremely unpleasant or badThe toilets were in a diabolical state.—diabolically/-kli/adverb ...
The meaning of DIABOLICAL is of, relating to, or characteristic of the devil : devilish. How to use diabolical in a sentence. Did you know?
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Volodymyr Zelenskygot himself elected president by running on a peace and anti-corruption platform. He promised to reconcile with Russia by ending the war in the Donbas and pledging that Ukraine would remain militarily neutral, meaning that it would never join NATO. But when Putin brought out hi...
Though his life had consisted of undressed salads, unscented deodorant, and a vast variety of other un-things for as long as he could remember (which was nearly everything since his traumatic fourth birthday, when some well-meaning but ill-informed aunt had attempted to give him a box of ...
Meaning, he’s already fifteen minutes late for his rendezvous outside. He needs to get out of here, and he needs to be fast, stealthy, and inconspicuous – none of which will be easy with Hortense in her current position. He tried giving her the slip this morning by sliding out of ...
So I know that if I get back at Jim on or around Christmas, I will end giving him and everyone in his family presents or saving a crippled relative of his from death or learning how to embody the true meaning of the Christmas spirit. If I ever find myself happily eating a Christmas...
Meaning, he doesn’t seem, generally speaking, to be a big fan of straight-up lyrical pieces, unless there’s also a strong story to go with it, although you definitely want some substance to an action piece too. AN INCOMPLETE LIST OF WHAT ARE WE NOT LOOKING FOR No erotica or ...
also consider for a moment what was lost when the supposed-Mr. Watson removed the letters “E-T-A-R-I,” from VEG[ETARI]AN. Some of you may assume this change was inconsequential, but it was anything but; rearrange the missing letters and we find an immediate clue to their meaning:...
suffix forming adjectives from nouns or other adjectives, "of, like, related to, pertaining to," Middle English-al,-el, from French or directly from Latin-alis(see-al(2)). *gwele- *gwelə-, also*gwel-, Proto-Indo-European root meaning "to throw, reach," with extended sense "to ...