- a variation of satanic.
satanical
Example Sentences
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He is resisting, fluttering his tiny wings, and still making an effort to fly, but the dancer is laughing with a satanical air.
From Les Misérables by Isabel Florence Hapgood
The means came unsought for by me, and the only thing that I had to do, was to show myself more perverted and satanical that she was herself.—And so I played the devil.
From The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume 3 by Guy de Maupassant
It was bright moonlight—every obstacle in the grounds stood out with wonderful clearness—and directly beneath the window, peering up at me, were the eyes—red, lurid, satanical.
From Animal Ghosts Or, Animal Hauntings and the Hereafter by Elliott O'Donnell
The children are scolded out of superficial vanities, and their place is occupied by a satanical sort of pride—the pride of possessing correct information.
From The Altar Fire by Arthur Christopher Benson
It's too evil a suspicion, too satanical, ever to be brought to light.
From The Bay State Monthly, Volume 3, No. 4 by Various
