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HUBLOT Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Demonic

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/07/22/us-usa-shooting-denver-idUSBRE86J0AM20120722
"He was diabolical, demonic," Hickenlooper said.

http://www.learnersdictionary.com/search/demonic
demonic
: caused or done by a demon
? demonic possession
: of, relating to, or like a demon
? demonic cruelty/laughter/energy

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Things can be demonic, can't they? Can people be demonic?
  

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HUBLOT Things can be demonic, can't they? Can people be demonic? Yes and yes.

— RandomGuy

  • HUBLOT Things can be demonic, can't they?
  • Can people be demonic?
  • Yes and yes.
  • a demonic figure a demonic glare a demonic youth
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HUBLOTThings can be demonic, can't they? Can people be demonic?
Yes and yes.

a demonic figure
a demonic glare
a demonic youth

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AG,

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Hey, that's pretty neat. Too bad PDFs that are supposed to have transparent backgrounds display white backgrounds on this forum, or at least to me.
HUBLOTDoes someone demonic mean someone diabolical?
Probably. Demonic means like a demon, and diabolical means like a devil, and both a demon and a devil are wicked and fiendish, so the two words convey
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