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Recent Examples of Mephistopheles
But if Roy is Mephistopheles, Jon is a force of light.
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Brent Lang, Variety, 10 Feb. 2025
Inspired by the demon Mephistopheles, Mephisto lords over a dimension in the underworld and is determined to acquire as many souls of the living as possible.
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 26 Sep. 2024
Adrian started out as a theology student, but the stakes of Mann’s novel are not, at heart, theological—Adrian has a maddening case of syphilis, and that is the secular portal through which Mephistopheles makes his entry.
—James Wood, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2024
The Kit Kat Club’s master of ceremonies is a kind of Mephistopheles, and also—if an actor really nails it—a sinister mirage of ambiguity.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 21 Apr. 2024
In the Mephistopheles movement, Bernstein augments the infernal atmosphere by having the strings play sul ponticello—a ghastly slithering of the bow near the bridge.
—Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2023
Brent Lang, Variety, 10 Feb. 2025
Inspired by the demon Mephistopheles, Mephisto lords over a dimension in the underworld and is determined to acquire as many souls of the living as possible.
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 26 Sep. 2024
Adrian started out as a theology student, but the stakes of Mann’s novel are not, at heart, theological—Adrian has a maddening case of syphilis, and that is the secular portal through which Mephistopheles makes his entry.
—James Wood, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2024
The Kit Kat Club’s master of ceremonies is a kind of Mephistopheles, and also—if an actor really nails it—a sinister mirage of ambiguity.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 21 Apr. 2024
In the Mephistopheles movement, Bernstein augments the infernal atmosphere by having the strings play sul ponticello—a ghastly slithering of the bow near the bridge.
—Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for Mephistopheles
Noun
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Jodi Hildebrandt convinced Ruby and Kevin that Satan was out to get her.—
Claudia Rosenbaum,
Vulture,
4 Mar. 2025
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But please also bring back Peter Stormare, his Satan was my favorite Satan so far.—
Matt Robison,
Newsweek,
19 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Smallville and Lucifer’s Tom Welling as Gabby’s would-be fiance is one of the few highlights in this one.—
Sezin Devi Koehler,
EW.com,
23 Feb. 2025
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Other series stars include Boyd Holbrook as Corinthian, Vivienne Acheampong as Lucienne, Patton Oswalt as the voice of Matthew the Raven, David Thewlis as John Dee, Gwendoline Christie as Lucifer Morningstar, Jenna Coleman as Johanna Constantine, and Kirby Howell-Baptiste as Death, among others.—
Denise Petski,
Deadline,
31 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Fraser was bedeviled by Elizabeth Hurley’s Beelzebub in Bedazzled (2000), earned career-best reviews for the Vietnam drama The Quiet American (2002), and landed a role in the Best Picture-winning Crash (2004).—
Andrew Walsh,
EW.com,
26 Oct. 2024
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In truth, the Satanist movement is more about separation of church and state than actually praising Beelzebub.—
Brian Tallerico,
Vulture,
15 May 2024
Noun
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The closing scene is Trump relaxing on a sun lounger next to Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is widely portrayed as a devil in Gaza.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
Newsweek,
26 Feb. 2025
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At that point, Taiwan’s survival would depend entirely on U.S. military warships and aircraft rapidly arriving and entering into the conflict—a massive gamble for Taipei and a devil’s choice for the United States.—
Jennifer Kavanagh,
Foreign Affairs,
25 Feb. 2025
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“Mephistopheles.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Mephistopheles. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.
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