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demoniac

UK/dɪˈməʊnɪak/

demoniac adjective: possessed or controlled by a demon.

Adjective

demoniac (comparative more demoniac, superlative most demoniac)

  1. Possessed or controlled by a demon.
  2. Of or pertaining to demons; demonic.
    • How dark may be the hiding of God's face,
      Or what demoniac forms may seize the helm
      Of reason...1827, Lydia Huntley Sigourney, Poems, 1827: The Sweetness of Life, page 24
    • 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.1928 February, H[oward] P[hillips] Lovecraft, “The Call of Cthulhu”, in Farnsworth Wright, editor, Weird Tales: A Magazine of the Bizarre and Unusual, volume XI, number 2, Indianapolis, Ind.: Popular...

Noun

demoniac (plural demoniacs)

  1. Someone who is possessed by a demon.
    • The exorcism was dropped from the second Edwardian Prayer Book, because of its implication that unbaptised infants were demoniacs […].1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society, published 2012, page 53

demoniac meaning in Tamil and Urdu

demoniac in Tamil

பேய், பிசாசு சார்ந்த, பேய் பிடித்த, பேய் போன்ற இயல்புடைய, வெறிபிடித்த

demoniac in Urdu

demoniac
ابلیسیانہ iblīsiyānā

Synonyms of demoniac

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All synonyms of demoniac

Forms of demoniac

Adjective
comparativemore demoniac
superlativemost demoniac
alternative formdaemoniac
alternative formdæmoniac
Noun
pluraldemoniacs

Origin of demoniac

From Middle English demoniak et al., from Old French demoniaque, from Late Latin daemoniacus.

Words formed from demoniac

Questions about demoniac

What does demoniac mean?
Demoniac means possessed or controlled by a demon.
What is demoniac in Tamil?
Demoniac in Tamil is பேய், பிசாசு சார்ந்த, பேய் பிடித்த. See Demoniac meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is demoniac?
Demoniac can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce demoniac?
Demoniac is pronounced /dɪˈməʊnɪak/ (UK).

Words near demoniac in the dictionary

  1. demonette
  2. demonettes
  3. demonfolk
  4. demonhunter
  5. demonhunters
  6. demoniac
  7. demoniacal
  8. demoniacality
  9. demoniacally
  10. demoniacalness
  11. demoniacism

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: demoniac (page history and authors); demoniac (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ابلیسیانہ (Urdu) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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