demoniac.

1. Described or believed to be possessed by a demon.

2. Wildly fierce or frenzied as though driven by a demon.

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Words that belong together

• demoniac figure
• demoniac possession

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The villagers called the silent visitor demoniac.

A demoniac figure appeared in the painter's vision of the trial.

Usage notes

Primary category: horror. Forms: Comparative more demoniac; superlative most demoniac where gradation is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.