Demoniac
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /dɪˈməʊnɪak/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Demoniac is an adjective meaning Possessed or controlled by a demon.
Meaning
Possessed or controlled by a demon.
More Meanings
- Of or pertaining to demons; demonic.
- Someone who is possessed by a demon.
Example Sentences
How dark may be the hiding of God's face, Or what demoniac forms may seize the helm Of reason.
There was movement everywhere, screaming, demoniac activity; the old man was coming across the tumbling logs.
The exorcism was dropped from the second Edwardian Prayer Book, because of its implication that unbaptised infants were demoniacs […].
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.
Word Forms
- demoniacs
Synonyms for demoniac
Depending on context, synonyms include demoniacal, devilish, diabolic, daemonical, demonic, demonical.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include demoniacal, possessed, berserk, insane, amok, amuck.
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