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demoniac
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun demoniac has 1 sense
- demoniac(n = noun.person) Array - someone who acts as if possessed by a demon; Array is a kind of demon, devil, fiend, monster, ogre
Derived form adjective demoniac1
Adjective demoniac has 1 sense
- demoniac(s = adj.all) amok, amuck, berserk, demoniacal, possessed - frenzied as if possessed by a demon; "the soldier was completely amuck"; "berserk with grief"; "a berserk worker smashing windows" Derived form noun demoniac1
OXFORD DICTIONARY
demoniac, adj. & n.
--adj.
1 fiercely energetic or frenzied.
2 a supposedly possessed by an evil spirit. b of or concerning such possession.
3 of or like demons.
--n. a person possessed by an evil spirit.
--adj.
1 fiercely energetic or frenzied.
2 a supposedly possessed by an evil spirit. b of or concerning such possession.
3 of or like demons.
--n. a person possessed by an evil spirit.
Derivative
demoniacal adj. demoniacally adv.
Etymology
ME f. OF demoniaque f. eccl.L daemoniacus f. daemonium f. Gk daimonion dimin. of daimon: see DEMON)
THESAURUS
demoniac
aliene, bedlamite, borderline case, crackbrain, crackpot, crazed, crazy, dement, demonic, devilish, diabolic, energumen, fanatic, fired, flake, fou, idiot, insane, inspired, kook, loon, loony, lunatic, madman, maniac, meshuggenah, noncompos, nut, phrenetic, raving lunatic, satanic, screwball, serpentine, unhallowed, weirdoROGET THESAURUS
demoniac
Demon
N demon, daemon, demonry, demonology, evil genius, fiend, familiar, daeva, devil, bad spirit, unclean spirit, cacodemon, incubus, Eblis, shaitan, succubus, succuba, Frankenstein's monster, Titan, Shedim, Mephistopheles, Asmodeus, Moloch, Belial, Ahriman, fury, harpy, Friar Rush, vampire, ghoul, afreet, barghest, Loki, ogre, ogress, gnome, gin, jinn, imp, deev, lamia, bogie, bogeyman, bogle, nis, kobold, flibbertigibbet, fairy, brownie, pixy, elf, dwarf, urchin, Puck, Robin Goodfellow, leprechaun, Cluricaune, troll, dwerger, sprite, ouphe, bad fairy, nix, nixie, pigwidgeon, will-o'-the wisp, ghost, revenant, specter, apparition, spirit, shade, shadow, vision, hobglobin, goblin, orc, wraith, spook, boggart, banshee, loup-garou, lemures, evil eye, merman, mermaid, merfolk, siren, satyr, faun, manito, manitou, manitu, possession, demonic possession, diabolic possession, insanity, Maxwell's demon, demoniac, demonic, demonical, impish, demoniacal, fiendish, fiend-like, supernatural, weird, uncanny, unearthly, spectral, ghostly, ghost-like, elfin, elvin, elfish, elflike, haunted, pokerish, possessed, possessed by a devil, possessed by a demon, demonically.
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