Vocabulary
Diabolical
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
characteristic of the Devil, or so evil as to be suggestive of the Devil.
Urdu meaning
شیطانی، شیطانیت سے متعلق
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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Celebrities who say things like `my heart breaks for all children` just don`t cut it when it comes to the diabolical ongoing plan to starve Palestinian children as the world watches.
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Heroic Ms Rachel
— 2025-06-01
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But a picture of how diabolical plans are still in the pipeline to ethnically cleanse Gaza of Palestinians was provided by the US news network NBC.
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Nakba II to rock Europe, ME
— 2025-05-18
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Among them is the absolutely diabolical state of our public universities.
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Education meltdown
— 2025-02-14
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Among them is the absolutely diabolical state of our public universities.
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Education meltdown
— 2025-02-14
Synonyms
devilish, diabolic, fiendish, satanic, Mephistophelian, demonic, demoniacal
Curator example
“his diabolical cunning”
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Urdu equivalents where we have them, word relations, and—when generated—real lines from the editorial archive
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