About The Word Devilish
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Devilish
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What's The Definition Of Devilish?
[adv] in a playfully devilish manner; "the socialists are further handicapped if they believe that capitalists are not only wicked but also devilishly clever"
[adj] showing the cunning or ingenuity or wickedness typical of a devil; "devilish schemes"; "the cold calculation and diabolic art of some statesmen"; "the diabolical expression on his face"; "a mephistophelian glint in his eye" [adj] playful in an appealingly bold way; "a roguish grin" Synonyms | Synonyms for Devilish: devilishly | diabolic | diabolical | evil | mephistophelean | mephistophelian | playful | rascally | roguish | wicked Related Terms | Find terms related to Devilish: accursed | Acherontic | animal | anthropophagous | arch | atrocious | bad | barbaric | barbarous | beastly | bestial | bloodthirsty | bloody | bloody-minded | brutal | brutalized | brute | brutish | cannibalistic | chthonian | chthonic | crazy | cruel | cruel-hearted | cursed | damnable | demoniac | demoniacal | demonic | demonish | demonlike | devil-like | diabolic | diabolical | Draconian | elfish | elvish | evil | execrable | fell | feral | ferocious | fiendish | fiendlike | fierce | flagitious | foolish | full of mischief | ghoulish | heinous | hellborn | hellish | high-spirited | impish | infernal | inhuman | inhumane | iniquitous | knavish | Lethean | madcap | maleficent | malevolent | malign | malignant | Mephistophelian | mischief-loving | mischievous | murderous | naughty | nefarious | ogreish | pandemoniac | pandemonic | playful | Plutonian | Plutonic | prankish | pranksome | pranky | puckish | purgatorial | roguish | ruthless | sadistic | sanguinary | sanguineous | satanic | savage | scampish | scapegrace | serpentine | sharkish | sinful | sinister | slavering | sportive | Stygian | subhuman | sulfurous | Tartarean | trickish | tricksy | truculent | unchristian | uncivilized | ungodly | unhallowed | unhuman | vicious | villainous | waggish | wicked | wolfish See Also | Devilish In Webster's Dictionary \Dev"il*ish\, a.
1. Resembling, characteristic of, or pertaining to, the
devil; diabolical; wicked in the extreme. ``Devilish
wickedness.'' --Sir P. Sidney.
This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is
earthly, sensual, devilish. --James iii.
15.
2. Extreme; excessive. [Colloq.] --Dryden.
Syn: Diabolical; infernal; hellish; satanic; wicked;
malicious; detestable; destructive. -- {Dev"il*ish*ly},
adv. -- {Dev"il*ish*ness}, n.
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