The Clue
Diabolic (8 letter answer)
The Answer
INFERNAL
Tags
Notes
The answer INFERNAL is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.
Related Clues
Hellish
Definition
INFERNAL as a noun:
1. an inhabitant of hell; "his roar made the infernals quake"
INFERNAL as an adjective:
1. characteristic of or resembling hell; "infernal noise"; "infernal punishment"
2. (demonic, diabolic, diabolical, fiendish, hellish, infernal, satanic, unholy) = extremely evil or cruel; expressive of cruelty or befitting hell; "something demonic in him--something that could be cruel"; "fires lit up a diabolic scene"; "diabolical sorcerers under the influence of devils"; "a fiendish despot"; "hellish torture"; "infernal instruments of war"; "satanic cruelty"; "unholy grimaces"
3. (blasted, blame, blamed, blessed, damn, damned, darned, deuced, goddam, goddamn, goddamned, infernal) = expletives used informally as intensifiers; "he's a blasted idiot"; "it's a blamed shame"; "a blame cold winter"; "not a blessed dime"; "I'll be damned (or blessed or darned or goddamned) if I'll do any such thing"; "he's a damn (or goddam or goddamned) fool"; "a deuced idiot"; "an infernal nuisance"
4. of or pertaining to or characteristic of a very uncontrolled and intense fire; "infernal heat"
5. being of a lower world of the dead; "infernal regions"