Synonyms for fiendish


Grammar : Adj
Spell : feen-dish
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfin dɪʃ

Top 10 synonyms for fiendish Other synonyms for the word fiendish

Définition of fiendish

Origin :
  • 1520s, from fiend + -ish. Related: Fiendishly; fiendishness.
  • adj diabolical
Example sentences :
  • No wonder he is sometimes provoked to fiendish outbursts of wrath.
  • Extract from : « A Treatise on Parents and Children » by George Bernard Shaw
  • All that fiendish cruelty and the demon of destruction could do was done.
  • Extract from : « The Roof of France » by Matilda Betham-Edwards
  • What was it—madness, a nightmare, or a trap into which he had been decoyed with fiendish artfulness?
  • Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
  • This language is wanton cruelty,—it is fiendish insult,—is it not, Evelyn?
  • Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • So avenged I their fiendish deeds death-fall of Danes, as was due and right.
  • Extract from : « Beowulf » by Anonymous
  • Me therein, an innocent man, the fiendish foe was fain to thrust with many another.
  • Extract from : « Beowulf » by Anonymous
  • Two eyes near the door were gleaming with the light of fiendish triumph.
  • Extract from : « The Shadow of a Crime » by Hall Caine
  • "I was myself the second," said the man, with fiendish calmness.
  • Extract from : « The Shadow of a Crime » by Hall Caine
  • He thanked God for it, in a fiendish tone as though he were cursing.
  • Extract from : « To-morrow » by Joseph Conrad
  • A fiendish laugh from Lieut. Feraud commented that assurance.
  • Extract from : « A Set of Six » by Joseph Conrad
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