| query | If you refer to a powerful person such as a politician as a d____, you mean that you believe they are bad and might be dangerous .If you refer to a powerful person such as a politician as a demon, you mean that you believe they are bad and might be dangerous . She was a dictator and a demon. He was seen as a demon, determined to hand the country over to the reactionaries. |
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| word | demon |
| full-definition | noun A demon is an evil spirit. ...a woman possessed by demons. Sources of worry or conflict which trouble a person or group of people are sometimes referred to as demons . ...the demons of hatred, violence and ethnic fanaticism. If you approve of someone because they are very skilled at what they do or because they do it energetically, you can say that they do it like a demon . He played like a demon. He is a demon organizer. If you refer to a powerful person such as a politician as a demon, you mean that you believe they are bad and might be dangerous . She was a dictator and a demon. He was seen as a demon, determined to hand the country over to the reactionaries. |
| inflections | demons |
| cefr-level | C1 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:c1
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