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satanic

adj · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • homophone: seitanic
  • General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /seɪˈtænɪk/
  • General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /səˈtænɪk/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • /seɪˈtænɪk/
  • /səˈtænɪk/
  • CMU ARPABET: S AH0 T AE1 N IH0 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Alternative letter-case form of Satanic (of, pertaining to or resembling Satan).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Evil, fiendish, devilish or diabolical.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Can Abrahamic religious leaders call other religions "satanic" without being in jail?

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: demonic, diabolic, malefic, wicked, cacodaemoniacal, daemonical, demoniac, demoniacal, demonical, demonish, demonlike, demonly, devilish, diabolical, fallen angelic, fiendlike, satanic, satanical, abandoned, arrant, bad, bad apple, bad seed, baleful, scurrilous, baneful, base, black-hearted, dark, deleterious, depraved, despicable, detrimental, evil, evil-minded, facinorous, flagitious, harmful, heinous, ill-intentioned, ill-natured, immoral, incorrigible, iniquitous, iniquous, injurious, knavish, maleficent, malevolent, malicious, malign, malignant, naughty, nefarious, niddering, nidering, niding, nithing, no-good, peccaminous, pernicious, reprehensible, reprobate, scathful, sinful, sinister, sordid, sullen, ungodly, unholy, vicious, vile, villainous, wrong

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Of or pertaining to any form of Satanism.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adj

Meaning 4

Of, pertaining to or resembling Satan (the Devil).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Luciferians and Laveyans follow a Satanic religion.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

adj

Meaning 5

Alternative letter-case form of satanic.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

adjective

Meaning 6

of or relating to Satan

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Satanic verses

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

adjective satellite

Meaning 7

extremely evil or cruel; expressive of cruelty or befitting hell

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • 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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: demonic, diabolic, diabolical, fiendish, hellish, infernal, unholy

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English satan Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English satanic From satan + -ic.

From Satan + -ic.

Across languages

Translations

52 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: сатані́нскі (satanínski) — relating to Satan
  • Bulgarian: сатани́нски (satanínski) — relating to Satan
  • Catalan: satànic — relating to Satan
  • Czech: satanský — relating to Satan
  • French: satanique — relating to Satan
  • German: satanisch — relating to Satan
  • Greek: σατανικός (satanikós) — relating to Satan
  • Hungarian: sátáni — relating to Satan
  • Irish: sátanach — relating to Satan
  • Italian: satanico — relating to Satan
  • Latvian: sātanisks — relating to Satan
  • Malayalam: പൈശാചിക (paiśācika) — relating to Satan
  • Old English: dēofollīċ — relating to Satan
  • Plautdietsch: diewlisch — relating to Satan
  • Polish: szatański — relating to Satan
  • Portuguese: satânico — relating to Satan
  • Romanian: satanic — relating to Satan
  • Romanian: diavolesc — relating to Satan
  • Romanian: diabolic — relating to Satan
  • Romanian: drăcesc — relating to Satan
  • Russian: сатани́нский (satanínskij) — relating to Satan
  • Spanish: satánico — relating to Satan
  • Swedish: satanisk — relating to Satan
  • Ukrainian: сатани́нський (satanýnsʹkyj) — relating to Satan
  • Welsh: satanaidd — relating to Satan
  • Bulgarian: сатани́нски (satanínski) — evil
  • Bulgarian: дя́волски (djávolski) — evil
  • Bulgarian: дяволичен (djavoličen) — evil
  • German: satanisch — evil
  • Irish: diabhlaí — evil
  • Italian: satanico — evil
  • Malayalam: പൈശാചിക (paiśācika) — evil
  • Polish: szatański — evil
  • Polish: diaboliczny — evil
  • Polish: diabelski — evil
  • Portuguese: satânico — evil
  • Portuguese: diabólico — evil
  • Portuguese: infernal — evil
  • Russian: сатани́нский (satanínskij) — evil
  • Russian: дья́вольский (dʹjávolʹskij) — evil
  • Russian: черто́вский (čertóvskij) — evil
  • Russian: чёртовый (čórtovyj) — evil
  • Ukrainian: сатани́нський (satanýnsʹkyj) — evil
  • Welsh: dieflig — evil
  • Bulgarian: сатанисти́чен (satanistíčen) — relating to Satanism
  • German: satanisch — relating to Satanism
  • Irish: sátanach — relating to Satanism
  • Italian: satanico — relating to Satanism
  • Polish: satanistyczny — relating to Satanism
  • Portuguese: satânico — relating to Satanism
  • Portuguese: satanista — relating to Satanism
  • Welsh: satanaidd — relating to Satanism