Adjective: demoniac
Pronunciation: (de’mow-nee,ak)
Demoniac meaning:
- Frenzied, out of control or influenced by a demon.
Synonyms: demoniacal, demonic, devilish
Noun: demoniac
Meaning: Someone who acts as if possessed by a demon.
Synonyms: monster, demon, devil, ogre
Quotations: Robert Nathan – God of pity and love, return to this earth. Go not so far away, leaving us to evil. Darkness is loose upon the world, the Devil Walks in the land, and there is nothing worth. Death like a dog runs howling from his lair; His bite has made men mad, they follow after All howling too, and their demoniac laughter Drowns like a sea our solitary prayer. Return, 0 Lord, return. Come with the day, Come with the light, that men may see once more Across this earth’s uncomfortable floor The kindly paths, the old and loving way. Let us not die of evil in the night. Let there be God again. Let there be light.
Herman Melville – They think me mad, Starbuck does; but I’m demoniac, I am madness maddened! That wild madness that’s only calm to comprehend itself!
Sathya Sai Baba – I have been stressing the vital importance of people giving up this habit of eating non-vegetarian food even from my boyhood days. Meat eating fosters animal qualities in man making him descend to the demoniac level; it is a heart-rending sight to see cows being slaughtered to serve as food for man.
Sample sentences:
- The armed man was completely demoniac.
- In his hand this demoniac ruler held a long, thin sword, which was saturated completely with blood.
- Between the age limits of nine and fourteen there occur maidens who, to certain bewitched travelers, twice or many times older than they, reveal their true nature which is not human, but demoniac and these chosen creatures I propose to designate as “nymphets.”