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DEMONIAC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does demoniac mean? 

DEMONIAC (noun)
  The noun DEMONIAC has 1 sense:

1. someone who acts as if possessed by a demonplay

  Familiarity information: DEMONIAC used as a noun is very rare.


DEMONIAC (adjective)
  The adjective DEMONIAC has 1 sense:

1. of, pertaining to, or like a demon or possession by a demonplay

  Familiarity information: DEMONIAC used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DEMONIAC (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who acts as if possessed by a demon

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("demoniac" is a kind of...):

demon; devil; fiend; monster; ogre (a cruel wicked and inhuman person)

Derivation:

demoniac (of, pertaining to, or like a demon or possession by a demon)


DEMONIAC (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Of, pertaining to, or like a demon or possession by a demon

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

demoniac; demoniacal; possessed

Pertainym:

demon (an evil supernatural being)

Derivation:

demon (an evil supernatural being)

demoniac (someone who acts as if possessed by a demon)


 Context examples 


Alleyne thought of what he had read of demoniac possession—the jumpings, the twitchings, the wild talk.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

When the Count saw my face, his eyes blazed with a sort of demoniac fury, and he suddenly made a grab at my throat.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

This was a demoniac laugh—low, suppressed, and deep—uttered, as it seemed, at the very keyhole of my chamber door.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

The automatic quality of Gatsby's answer set us all back at least another minute. I had them both on their feet with the desperate suggestion that they help me make tea in the kitchen when the demoniac Finn brought it in on a tray.

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)



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