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diabolic

  • 1 del Diablo

    • diabolic

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > del Diablo

  • 2 diabólico

    adj.
    diabolical, demoniacal, demonic, devilish.
    * * *
    1 diabolic, devilish, diabolical
    * * *
    ADJ [palabras, rito] diabolic, satanic; (=malvado) diabolical; (=muy difícil) fiendishly difficult
    * * *
    - ca adjetivo ( del diablo) diabolic, satanic; < persona> evil; <plan/intenciones> devilish, fiendish
    * * *
    = demonic, hellish, diabolical, diabolic.
    Ex. The film offers a repulsive creature whose croaks and drools recall the demonic child in The Exorcist, instead of the feral but relatively articulate person that Morrison created.
    Ex. The movie novel is about a trio of small-town guys who come across a wrecked plane containing a bag full of what they presume to be 'dirty money' and decide to hold onto it, with predictably hellish consequences.
    Ex. This scene is appropriate in relation to the center panel, which shows the diabolical influence of lust.
    Ex. The triptych as a whole reflects late Medieval obsession with demons and witches, and with the diabolic 'power of women' to corrupt man.
    * * *
    - ca adjetivo ( del diablo) diabolic, satanic; < persona> evil; <plan/intenciones> devilish, fiendish
    * * *
    = demonic, hellish, diabolical, diabolic.

    Ex: The film offers a repulsive creature whose croaks and drools recall the demonic child in The Exorcist, instead of the feral but relatively articulate person that Morrison created.

    Ex: The movie novel is about a trio of small-town guys who come across a wrecked plane containing a bag full of what they presume to be 'dirty money' and decide to hold onto it, with predictably hellish consequences.
    Ex: This scene is appropriate in relation to the center panel, which shows the diabolical influence of lust.
    Ex: The triptych as a whole reflects late Medieval obsession with demons and witches, and with the diabolic 'power of women' to corrupt man.

    * * *
    1 (del diablo) diabolic, satanic
    2 ‹persona› evil; ‹plan/intenciones› devilish, fiendish, evil
    * * *

    diabólico
    ◊ -ca adjetivo ( del diablo) diabolic, satanic;


    ‹ persona› evil;
    ‹plan/intenciones› devilish, fiendish
    diabólico,-a adjetivo
    1 diabolical, satanic, evil
    2 terrible: hace un viento diabólico, it's awfully windy
    3 complicated: tienes una escritura diabólica, your handwriting is awful
    ' diabólico' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    diabólica
    English:
    devilish
    - diabolic
    - diabolical
    - fiendish
    - evil
    * * *
    diabólico, -a adj
    1. [del diablo] diabolic
    2. [muy malo] evil, diabolical;
    tiene una mente diabólica she has an evil mind
    3. [difícil] fiendishly difficult
    * * *
    adj diabolical
    * * *
    diabólico, -ca adj
    : diabolical, diabolic, devilish

    Spanish-English dictionary > diabólico

  • 3 satánico

    adj.
    satanic, diabolic, cloven-feet, cloven-foot.
    * * *
    1 satanic
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 Satanist
    * * *
    ADJ (=diabólico) satanic; (=malvado) fiendish
    * * *
    - ca adjetivo ( del diablo) satanic; ( malvado) evil, satanic
    * * *
    = demonic, diabolical, diabolic.
    Ex. The film offers a repulsive creature whose croaks and drools recall the demonic child in The Exorcist, instead of the feral but relatively articulate person that Morrison created.
    Ex. This scene is appropriate in relation to the center panel, which shows the diabolical influence of lust.
    Ex. The triptych as a whole reflects late Medieval obsession with demons and witches, and with the diabolic 'power of women' to corrupt man.
    * * *
    - ca adjetivo ( del diablo) satanic; ( malvado) evil, satanic
    * * *
    = demonic, diabolical, diabolic.

    Ex: The film offers a repulsive creature whose croaks and drools recall the demonic child in The Exorcist, instead of the feral but relatively articulate person that Morrison created.

    Ex: This scene is appropriate in relation to the center panel, which shows the diabolical influence of lust.
    Ex: The triptych as a whole reflects late Medieval obsession with demons and witches, and with the diabolic 'power of women' to corrupt man.

    * * *
    1 (del diablo) satanic
    2 (malvado) evil, satanic
    * * *

    satánico
    ◊ -ca adjetivo ( del diablo) satanic;


    ( malvado) evil, satanic
    satánico,-a adjetivo satanic
    ' satánico' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    rito
    - satánica
    English:
    satanic
    - Satanist
    - diabolical
    * * *
    satánico, -a adj
    1. [de Satanás] satanic
    2. [diabólico] demonic
    * * *
    adj satanic
    * * *
    satánico, -ca adj
    : satanic

    Spanish-English dictionary > satánico

  • 4 diablesco

    adj.
    diabolical, devilish.
    * * *
    = diabolical, diabolic.
    Ex. This scene is appropriate in relation to the center panel, which shows the diabolical influence of lust.
    Ex. The triptych as a whole reflects late Medieval obsession with demons and witches, and with the diabolic 'power of women' to corrupt man.
    * * *
    = diabolical, diabolic.

    Ex: This scene is appropriate in relation to the center panel, which shows the diabolical influence of lust.

    Ex: The triptych as a whole reflects late Medieval obsession with demons and witches, and with the diabolic 'power of women' to corrupt man.

    Spanish-English dictionary > diablesco

  • 5 endiablado

    adj.
    devilish, diabolical, possessed.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: endiablar.
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    1 (poseso) possessed
    2 figurado (malo) evil, wicked
    3 figurado (maldito) wretched, cursed
    4 figurado (travieso) devilish, mischievous
    5 figurado (feo) ugly, horrible
    6 figurado (frenético) wild, frenzied
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=diabólico) devilish, diabolical
    2) (=travieso) impish, mischievous
    3) (=feo) ugly
    4) (=enfadado) furious
    5) (=difícil) [problema] tricky; [carretera] difficult, dangerous
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    a) ( malo) <carácter/genio> terrible

    este endiablado niño/ruido! — this wretched child/noise!

    b) ( difícil) < problema> thorny, difficult; < asunto> complicated, tricky
    c) ( peligroso) < velocidad> reckless, dangerous
    * * *
    = diabolical, diabolic.
    Ex. This scene is appropriate in relation to the center panel, which shows the diabolical influence of lust.
    Ex. The triptych as a whole reflects late Medieval obsession with demons and witches, and with the diabolic 'power of women' to corrupt man.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    a) ( malo) <carácter/genio> terrible

    este endiablado niño/ruido! — this wretched child/noise!

    b) ( difícil) < problema> thorny, difficult; < asunto> complicated, tricky
    c) ( peligroso) < velocidad> reckless, dangerous
    * * *
    = diabolical, diabolic.

    Ex: This scene is appropriate in relation to the center panel, which shows the diabolical influence of lust.

    Ex: The triptych as a whole reflects late Medieval obsession with demons and witches, and with the diabolic 'power of women' to corrupt man.

    * * *
    1 (malo) ‹carácter/genio› terrible
    está de un humor endiablado she's in a foul o terrible mood
    ¡este endiablado niño no me deja en paz! this wretched child won't leave me alone!
    ¡qué tiempo más endiablado! what terrible o foul weather!
    2 (difícil) ‹problema› thorny, difficult; ‹asunto› complicated, tricky; ‹crucigrama› devilishly o fiendishly hard
    3 (peligroso) ‹velocidad› reckless, dangerous; ‹carretera› treacherous, dangerous
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    endiablado
    ◊ -da adjetivo

    a) ( malo) ‹carácter/genio› terrible;

    ◊ ¡este endiablado niño! this wretched child!


    endiablado,-a adjetivo ➣ endemoniado,-a
    ' endiablado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    endiablada
    English:
    devil
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    endiablado, -a adj
    1. [maldito] confounded, blasted;
    el endiablado teléfono no paraba de sonar the blasted phone wouldn't stop ringing;
    ¡esos niños endiablados me van a volver loco! those little devils are going to drive me mad!
    2. [difícil] [problema, crucigrama, examen] fiendishly difficult
    3. [desagradable] [olor, sabor, genio] foul, vile;
    [tiempo, clima, día] foul, filthy;
    soplaba un viento endiablado there was a terrible wind blowing
    4. [velocidad] breakneck
    * * *
    adj fig
    1 ( malo) terrible, awful
    2 ( difícil) tough
    * * *
    endiablado, -da adj
    1) : devilish, diabolical
    2) : complicated, difficult

    Spanish-English dictionary > endiablado

  • 6 perverso

    adj.
    perverse, wicked, bad, base.
    m.
    pervert, evil doer.
    * * *
    1 (malvado) evil, wicked
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 evil person
    * * *
    ADJ (=depravado) depraved; (=malvado) wicked
    * * *
    I
    - sa adjetivo evil
    II
    - sa masculino, femenino evil o wicked person
    * * *
    = wicked, untoward, perverse, wayward, slavering, diabolical, diabolic, poison-pen, sinister.
    Ex. If the analogy with the fairy story is taken a little further it can be noted that no author really believes in dragons, wicked queens, fair maidens locked in high towers and the like.
    Ex. Perhaps, he questioned himself, this is the way every principal operates, and there is nothing untoward in it.
    Ex. The demand for business information, in relation to its price, is rather perverse in that high price often generates a high demand.
    Ex. The article 'The wayward scholar: resources and research in popular culture' defends popular culture as a legitimate and important library resource.
    Ex. There is much slavering, kinky enjoyment of Diana's torments, a quality shared with the Gothic novel.
    Ex. This scene is appropriate in relation to the center panel, which shows the diabolical influence of lust.
    Ex. The triptych as a whole reflects late Medieval obsession with demons and witches, and with the diabolic 'power of women' to corrupt man.
    Ex. The writer explains how he earned a poison-pen reputation as dance and music critic at the Los Angeles Times.
    Ex. The selectman received this explanation in silence, but he fastened on the librarian a glance full of sinister meaning.
    ----
    * mundo utópico perverso = dystopia.
    * sexo perverso = kinky sex.
    * utopía perversa = dystopia.
    * utópico perverso = dystopian.
    * * *
    I
    - sa adjetivo evil
    II
    - sa masculino, femenino evil o wicked person
    * * *
    = wicked, untoward, perverse, wayward, slavering, diabolical, diabolic, poison-pen, sinister.

    Ex: If the analogy with the fairy story is taken a little further it can be noted that no author really believes in dragons, wicked queens, fair maidens locked in high towers and the like.

    Ex: Perhaps, he questioned himself, this is the way every principal operates, and there is nothing untoward in it.
    Ex: The demand for business information, in relation to its price, is rather perverse in that high price often generates a high demand.
    Ex: The article 'The wayward scholar: resources and research in popular culture' defends popular culture as a legitimate and important library resource.
    Ex: There is much slavering, kinky enjoyment of Diana's torments, a quality shared with the Gothic novel.
    Ex: This scene is appropriate in relation to the center panel, which shows the diabolical influence of lust.
    Ex: The triptych as a whole reflects late Medieval obsession with demons and witches, and with the diabolic 'power of women' to corrupt man.
    Ex: The writer explains how he earned a poison-pen reputation as dance and music critic at the Los Angeles Times.
    Ex: The selectman received this explanation in silence, but he fastened on the librarian a glance full of sinister meaning.
    * mundo utópico perverso = dystopia.
    * sexo perverso = kinky sex.
    * utopía perversa = dystopia.
    * utópico perverso = dystopian.

    * * *
    perverso1 -sa
    evil
    una mente perversa an evil mind
    la madrastra perversa the wicked stepmother
    perverso2 -sa
    masculine, feminine
    evil o wicked person
    * * *

    perverso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo

    evil
    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
    evil o wicked person
    perverso,-a
    I adjetivo evil, wicked
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino wicked person

    ' perverso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    mala
    - malo
    - perversa
    - tenebrosa
    - tenebroso
    English:
    perverse
    - spiteful
    - diabolical
    * * *
    perverso, -a
    ♦ adj
    evil, wicked
    ♦ nm,f
    1. [depravado] depraved person
    2. [persona mala] evil person
    * * *
    adj wicked, evil
    * * *
    perverso, -sa adj
    : wicked, depraved

    Spanish-English dictionary > perverso

  • 7 demoníaco

    adj.
    diabolic, demoniac, demonic, demoniacal.
    * * *
    1 demoniacal, demonic, possessed by the devil
    * * *
    - ca, demoniaco -ca adjetivo demonic, demoniac
    * * *
    Ex. The film offers a repulsive creature whose croaks and drools recall the demonic child in The Exorcist, instead of the feral but relatively articulate person that Morrison created.
    * * *
    - ca, demoniaco -ca adjetivo demonic, demoniac
    * * *

    Ex: The film offers a repulsive creature whose croaks and drools recall the demonic child in The Exorcist, instead of the feral but relatively articulate person that Morrison created.

    * * *
    demonic, demoniac
    * * *
    demoniaco, -a, demoníaco, -a adj
    devilish, diabolic
    * * *
    adj demonic

    Spanish-English dictionary > demoníaco

  • 8 tríptico

    adj.
    tryptic.
    m.
    triptych, three-sheet.
    * * *
    1 triptych
    * * *
    SM
    1) (Arte) triptych
    2) (=formulario) form in three parts; (=documento) three-part document; (=folleto) three-page leaflet
    * * *
    masculino (Art) triptych
    * * *
    = tri-fold, triphtyc, triptych.
    Ex. If you are willing to help promote the conference among colleagues, please download, print, and post a copy of a tri-fold call-for-papers.
    Ex. The triptych as a whole reflects late Medieval obsession with demons and witches, and with the diabolic 'power of women' to corrupt man.
    Ex. The three images together form a triptych based on the traditional Western altarpiece.
    * * *
    masculino (Art) triptych
    * * *
    = tri-fold, triphtyc, triptych.

    Ex: If you are willing to help promote the conference among colleagues, please download, print, and post a copy of a tri-fold call-for-papers.

    Ex: The triptych as a whole reflects late Medieval obsession with demons and witches, and with the diabolic 'power of women' to corrupt man.
    Ex: The three images together form a triptych based on the traditional Western altarpiece.

    * * *
    1 ( Art) triptych
    2 (documento, folleto) three-page leaflet
    * * *

    tríptico sustantivo masculino
    1 Arte triptych
    2 Impr (de publicidad) leaflet
    * * *
    1. Arte triptych
    2. [folleto] leaflet [folded twice to form three parts]
    * * *
    m triptych

    Spanish-English dictionary > tríptico

  • 9 espantoso

    adj.
    frightening, frightful, fearsome, dreadful.
    * * *
    1 (terrible) frightful, dreadful
    2 (asombroso) astonishing, amazing
    3 (desmesurado) dreadful, terrible
    ■ hizo un frío espantoso the cold was awful, it was absolutely freezing
    * * *
    (f. - espantosa)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=aterrador) frightening
    2) [para exagerar]

    llevaba un traje espantoso — she was wearing an awful o a hideous o a frightful o ghastly * hat

    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    a) <escena/crimen> horrific, appalling
    b) (fam) ( uso hiperbólico) <comida/letra/tiempo> atrocious; <vestido/color> hideous; <ruido/voz> terrible, awful

    hace un calor espantoso — it's boiling o roasting hot (colloq)

    * * *
    = frightening, harrowing, atrocious, awful, frightful, dire, ghastly, fear-inducing, hideous, shocking, horrible, dreadful, grisly [grislier -comp., grisliest -sup.], god-awful, groundshaking, nightmarish.
    Ex. No echo of so frightening a concept, 'class', ever lingers within the hushed precincts of our libraries.
    Ex. See Michael R. Booth, 'English Melodrama', for further details of this harrowing tale.
    Ex. The public library's selection of books for small boys is atrocious.
    Ex. These articles were written by those who have had first hand experience of the awful consequences of not devoting enough time to testing their security systems.
    Ex. The book, written by a man who is not a military historian as such, is concerned above all with showing the war's hideousness, its frightful human cost, its pathos and loss, and its essential failure to achieve its objectives.
    Ex. Throughout the process of development, debate and enactment of the Digital Millennium Act in the USA, many dire forebodings were envisaged for the library profession.
    Ex. True, ghastly additions were made to XML.
    Ex. The author suggests that the ability to enjoy fear-inducing media increases with age.
    Ex. The book focuses on images where hideous atrocities -- e.g., murder, blasphemy, wanton destruction and even cannibalism -- are shown to be part of the daily life of the common people of Paris during the revolution.
    Ex. The author mentions several recent shocking revelations concerning the activities of the Japanese government and its officials.
    Ex. Not saving the wildlife is too horrible to contemplate, but saving it will require us to accept harsh realities and abandon romantic notions.
    Ex. The same author also wrote the book 'Serials deselection: a dreadful dilemma'.
    Ex. Much of what he sees and shows his readers is grim, if not grisly.
    Ex. The director and deputies deserve the most recognition because they actually had to give up time with their families for the god-awful places we sent them.
    Ex. The author gives an insider's perspective on what it feels like to be an Arab since the groundshaking events of 1967 when Arab hopes were unexpectedly shattered by the outcome of the Arab Israeli war.
    Ex. It was the drugs that made me mad: Jane was anorexic, but the treatment prescribed pushed her over the edge for 22 nightmarish years.
    ----
    * dolor de cabeza espantoso = splitting headache.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    a) <escena/crimen> horrific, appalling
    b) (fam) ( uso hiperbólico) <comida/letra/tiempo> atrocious; <vestido/color> hideous; <ruido/voz> terrible, awful

    hace un calor espantoso — it's boiling o roasting hot (colloq)

    * * *
    = frightening, harrowing, atrocious, awful, frightful, dire, ghastly, fear-inducing, hideous, shocking, horrible, dreadful, grisly [grislier -comp., grisliest -sup.], god-awful, groundshaking, nightmarish.

    Ex: No echo of so frightening a concept, 'class', ever lingers within the hushed precincts of our libraries.

    Ex: See Michael R. Booth, 'English Melodrama', for further details of this harrowing tale.
    Ex: The public library's selection of books for small boys is atrocious.
    Ex: These articles were written by those who have had first hand experience of the awful consequences of not devoting enough time to testing their security systems.
    Ex: The book, written by a man who is not a military historian as such, is concerned above all with showing the war's hideousness, its frightful human cost, its pathos and loss, and its essential failure to achieve its objectives.
    Ex: Throughout the process of development, debate and enactment of the Digital Millennium Act in the USA, many dire forebodings were envisaged for the library profession.
    Ex: True, ghastly additions were made to XML.
    Ex: The author suggests that the ability to enjoy fear-inducing media increases with age.
    Ex: The book focuses on images where hideous atrocities -- e.g., murder, blasphemy, wanton destruction and even cannibalism -- are shown to be part of the daily life of the common people of Paris during the revolution.
    Ex: The author mentions several recent shocking revelations concerning the activities of the Japanese government and its officials.
    Ex: Not saving the wildlife is too horrible to contemplate, but saving it will require us to accept harsh realities and abandon romantic notions.
    Ex: The same author also wrote the book 'Serials deselection: a dreadful dilemma'.
    Ex: Much of what he sees and shows his readers is grim, if not grisly.
    Ex: The director and deputies deserve the most recognition because they actually had to give up time with their families for the god-awful places we sent them.
    Ex: The author gives an insider's perspective on what it feels like to be an Arab since the groundshaking events of 1967 when Arab hopes were unexpectedly shattered by the outcome of the Arab Israeli war.
    Ex: It was the drugs that made me mad: Jane was anorexic, but the treatment prescribed pushed her over the edge for 22 nightmarish years.
    * dolor de cabeza espantoso = splitting headache.

    * * *
    1 ‹escena/crimen› horrific, appalling
    fue una experiencia espantosa it was a horrific o horrifying experience
    2 ( fam)
    (uso hiperbólico): hace un calor espantoso it's boiling o roasting, it's incredibly o unbearably hot ( colloq)
    pasamos un frío espantoso we were absolutely freezing ( colloq)
    tengo un hambre espantosa I'm ravenous o starving ( colloq)
    la comida era espantosa the food was atrocious o ghastly
    ¡qué sombrero tan espantoso! what a hideous o an awful hat
    esta máquina hace un ruido espantoso this machine makes a terrible o dreadful noise ( colloq)
    llueve que es una cosa espantosa it's absolutely pouring ( colloq), it's bucketing down ( colloq)
    * * *

    espantoso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo

    a) ‹escena/crimen› horrific, appalling

    b) (fam) ( uso hiperbólico) ‹comida/letra/tiempo› atrocious;

    ‹vestido/color› hideous;
    ‹ruido/voz› terrible, awful;

    espantoso,-a adjetivo
    1 (horripilante) horrifying, appalling: es un asunto espantoso, it's a horrifying situation
    2 fam (uso hiperbólico) tengo unas ganas espantosas de que llegue el fin de semana, I'm dying for the weekend to come!
    3 fam (muy feo) awful, hideous: ¡quítate ese espantoso sombrero!, take off that awful hat!
    ' espantoso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    berrido
    - espantosa
    - ridícula
    - ridículo
    - sueño
    - tener
    - hacer
    English:
    diabolic
    - diabolical
    - dreadful
    - frightening
    - frightful
    - ghastly
    - gruesome
    - hairy
    - hideous
    - horrendous
    - interminable
    - shocking
    - stinking
    - wretched
    - abominable
    - atrocious
    - boiling
    - dire
    - excruciating
    - horrific
    - split
    - terrible
    - terrific
    * * *
    espantoso, -a adj
    1. [pavoroso] horrific
    2. [enorme] terrible;
    allí dentro hacía un calor espantoso it was roasting o boiling o terribly hot in there;
    tengo un frío espantoso I'm freezing to death;
    teníamos un hambre espantosa we were famished o starving
    3. [feísimo] hideous, frightful;
    llevaba un vestido espantoso she was wearing a hideous o frightful dress
    4. [pasmoso] appalling, shocking;
    el servicio postal era espantoso the postal service was appalling;
    * * *
    adj
    1 horrific, appalling
    2 para enfatizar terrible, dreadful;
    hace un calor espantoso it’s terribly o incredibly hot
    * * *
    espantoso, -sa adj
    1) : frightening, terrifying
    2) : frightful, dreadful
    * * *
    espantoso adj awful / dreadful

    Spanish-English dictionary > espantoso

  • 10 inaguantable

    adj.
    unbearable.
    * * *
    1 unbearable
    * * *
    ADJ intolerable, unbearable
    * * *
    adjetivo unbearable
    * * *
    = unbearable, unendurable, insufferable.
    Ex. Books are the best friends a man can have because they are loyal at a time when a man is unbearable to himself and his fellow human beings.
    Ex. She said that the smoke is making her job unendurable, that she becomes physically ill.
    Ex. At times during the summer, residents across Ontario and southern Quebec either enjoyed or endured bouts of torrid heat and insufferable humidity.
    * * *
    adjetivo unbearable
    * * *
    = unbearable, unendurable, insufferable.

    Ex: Books are the best friends a man can have because they are loyal at a time when a man is unbearable to himself and his fellow human beings.

    Ex: She said that the smoke is making her job unendurable, that she becomes physically ill.
    Ex: At times during the summer, residents across Ontario and southern Quebec either enjoyed or endured bouts of torrid heat and insufferable humidity.

    * * *
    1 [ SER] ‹dolor/calor/peso› unbearable
    2 ‹persona› unbearable
    hoy está inaguantable he's (being) unbearable today
    ese tipo es inaguantable that guy is unbearable
    * * *

    inaguantable adjetivo
    unbearable
    inaguantable adjetivo unbearable, intolerable
    ' inaguantable' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    imposible
    - irresistible
    - endemoniado
    - horrible
    English:
    diabolic
    - diabolical
    - unbearable
    * * *
    [dolor, persona] unbearable;
    los alumnos están hoy inaguantables the pupils are being unbearable today
    * * *
    adj unbearable
    * * *
    insoportable: insufferable, unbearable
    * * *
    inaguantable adj unbearable

    Spanish-English dictionary > inaguantable

  • 11 malévolo

    adj.
    malevolent, malignant, evil, black.
    * * *
    1 malevolent
    * * *
    - la adjetivo malevolent, malicious
    * * *
    = malevolent, malicious, ill-willed, waspish, dastardly.
    Ex. There was nothing malevolent in her response or in her look; she simply stated it as if it was the most natural thing in the world, not in the least abnormal.
    Ex. Perhaps the major problem will be the malicious attempt to cause confusion.
    Ex. We wish to mention that there can never be such matters as ethnic cleansing, license to rape, or other ill-willed behavior on the government's part.
    Ex. Harwood is excellent -- saucy and coquettish and really waspish in her subsequent vitriolic exchanges with the irate Marcello.
    Ex. A dastardly livery driver raped a 30-year-old woman passenger on Jan. 31, cops said.
    * * *
    - la adjetivo malevolent, malicious
    * * *
    = malevolent, malicious, ill-willed, waspish, dastardly.

    Ex: There was nothing malevolent in her response or in her look; she simply stated it as if it was the most natural thing in the world, not in the least abnormal.

    Ex: Perhaps the major problem will be the malicious attempt to cause confusion.
    Ex: We wish to mention that there can never be such matters as ethnic cleansing, license to rape, or other ill-willed behavior on the government's part.
    Ex: Harwood is excellent -- saucy and coquettish and really waspish in her subsequent vitriolic exchanges with the irate Marcello.
    Ex: A dastardly livery driver raped a 30-year-old woman passenger on Jan. 31, cops said.

    * * *
    malevolent, malicious
    * * *

    malévolo
    ◊ -la adjetivo

    malevolent, malicious
    malévolo,-a adjetivo malevolent

    ' malévolo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    malévola
    English:
    diabolic
    - diabolical
    - malevolent
    - malicious
    - maliciously
    * * *
    malévolo, -a adj
    malevolent, wicked
    * * *
    adj malevolent
    * * *
    malévolo, -la adj
    : malevolent, wicked

    Spanish-English dictionary > malévolo

  • 12 mefistofélico

    adj.
    Mephistophelian, diabolical, devilish.
    * * *
    1 Mephistophelian
    * * *
    ADJ diabolic, Mephistophelian
    * * *
    mefistofélico, -a adj
    diabolical

    Spanish-English dictionary > mefistofélico

  • 13 demoniaco

    • demoniac
    • demoniacal
    • diabolic

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > demoniaco

  • 14 demoníaco

    • daemonic
    • demoniac
    • demoniacal
    • demonic
    • devilish
    • diabolic
    • fiendish
    • needs assessment
    • nefariously

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > demoníaco

  • 15 diabólico

    • cloven-feet
    • cloven-foot
    • demoniacal
    • demonic
    • devilish
    • diabolic
    • diabolical
    • fiendish
    • Hellenize
    • hellishly
    • satanic

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > diabólico

  • 16 satánico

    • cloven-feet
    • cloven-foot
    • diabolic
    • satanic

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > satánico

См. также в других словарях:

  • diabolic — DIABÓLIC, Ă, diabolici, ce, adj. 1. De diavol; care vine de la diavol; drăcesc. 2. Care denotă o mare cruzime, rău, crud; perfid, viclean; primejdios, funest. [pr.: di a ] – Din fr. diabolique, lat. diabolicus. Trimis de RACAI, 13.09.2007. Sursa …   Dicționar Român

  • Diabolic — Di a*bol ic, Diabolical Di a*bol ic*al, a. [L. diabolicus, Gr. ? devilish, slanderous: cf. F. diabolique. See {Devil}.] 1. Pertaining to the devil; resembling, or appropriate, or appropriate to, the devil; befitting hell or satan; devilish;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • diabolic — diabolic, diabolical Diabolic is used primarily with direct reference to the devil (as in Byron s Satan…merely bent his diabolic brow an instant, 1822), whereas diabolical is used overwhelmingly in its extended meanings ‘bad, disgraceful, awful’ …   Modern English usage

  • diabolic — I adjective accursed, amoral, amoralistic, bad hearted, brutal, brutalized, callous, conscienceless, cruel, cursed, deadly, dehumanized, demoniac, demonic, devil like, devilish, evil, evil doing, evil minded, execrable, fiendish, fiendlike, full… …   Law dictionary

  • diabolic — late 14c., from O.Fr. diabolique (13c.), from L.L. diabolicus, from Eccles. Gk. diabolikos devilish, from diabolos (see DEVIL (Cf. devil)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • diabolic — [adj] evil, fiendish atrocious, cruel, damnable, demoniac, demonic, devilish, hellish, impious, infernal, Mephistophelian, monstrous, nasty, nefarious, satanic, serpentine, shocking, unhallowed, unpleasant, vicious, vile, villainous, wicked;… …   New thesaurus

  • diabolic — [dī΄ə bäl′ik] adj. [Fr diabolique < LL(Ec) diabolicus < diabolus: see DEVIL] 1. of the Devil or devils 2. very wicked or cruel; fiendish: Also diabolical diabolically adv …   English World dictionary

  • Diabolic — Not to be confused with Diabolic (rap artist). Diabolic Origin Tampa Bay, Florida, United States Genres Death metal Years active 1998 present Labels Fadeless Records, Conquest …   Wikipedia

  • diabolic — [[t]da͟ɪ͟əbɒ̱lɪk[/t]] 1) ADJ: ADJ n Diabolic is used to describe things that people think are caused by or belong to the Devil. [FORMAL] ...the diabolic forces which lurk in all violence. 2) ADJ (emphasis) If you describe something as diabolic,… …   English dictionary

  • diabolic — adjective /ˌdaɪəˈbɒlɪk/ a) Showing wickedness typical of a devil. diabolic magic square b) Extremely evil or cruel. a cunning and diabolic plot Syn: devilish, mephistophelian, mephi …   Wiktionary

  • diabolic — /daɪəˈbɒlɪk / (say duyuh bolik) adjective 1. having the qualities of a devil; fiendish; outrageously wicked: a diabolic plot. 2. relating to or actuated by the devil or a devil: *Behind him the old woman whistled screeches in a diabolic effort to …  

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