The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word EVIL which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2022.
Diabolical crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| EVIL | 72 % | 4 |
| SATANIC | 11 % | 7 |
| DEVILISH | 5 % | 8 |
| HELLISH | 4 % | 7 |
| FIENDISH | 2 % | 8 |
| DEMONIC | 2 % | 7 |
| INFERNAL | 2 % | 8 |
| CRUEL | 2 % | 5 |
| INHUMAN | 2 % | 7 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Diabolical
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- wicked
- evil
- unholy
- hellish
- fiendish
- devilish
- mephistophelean
- diabolic
- demonic
- infernal
- satanic
- mephistophelian
Crossword Answer definitions
EVIL noun- Moral badness; wickedness; malevolence; the forces or behaviors that are the opposite or enemy of good.
- Something which impairs the happiness of a being or deprives a being of any good; something which causes suffering of any kind to sentient beings; harm; injury; mischief.
- A malady or disease; especially in the phrase king's evil (scrofula).
- Intending to harm; malevolent.
- Morally corrupt.
- Unpleasant, foul (of odour, taste, mood, weather, etc.).
- Producing or threatening sorrow, distress, injury, or calamity; unpropitious; calamitous.
- Having harmful qualities; not good; worthless or deleterious.
- Undesirable; harmful; bad practice
- Wickedly, evilly, iniquitously
- Injuriously, harmfully; in a damaging way.
- Badly, poorly; in an insufficient way.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result EVIL
- Agatha Christie's "___ Under the Sun"
- Beyond bad
- Dark forces
- Doctor opposing Austin Powers
- Like Lucifer
- Like some spirits
- Mean business
- Satanic
- Sinister
- Wicked
More clues leading to the result SATANIC
- Clootie-like
- Evil
- Diabolical
- Devilish
- Like Rushdie's "Verses"
- Mephistophelian
- More than evil
- Fiendish
- Rushdie's "__ Verses"
- His ___ Majesty.
More clues leading to the result DEVILISH
- Diabolical
- Full of mischief
- Extremely bad: Colloq.
- Diabolical.
- Mean.
- Infernal
- Mischievous
- Mephistophelian
- Infernal and diabolical
- Satanic
More clues leading to the result HELLISH
More clues leading to the result FIENDISH
More clues leading to the result DEMONIC
More clues leading to the result INFERNAL
More clues leading to the result CRUEL
- Ruthless
- Unusual's partner?
- Merciless
- Merciless (5)
- Like Ms. deVille
- Draconian
- Sadistic
- Like de Sade
- Like the Murdstones in "David Copperfield"
- Like Simon Legree