Meaning of FIENDISH
Pronunciation: | | 'feendish
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| Definition: | | [adj] extremely evil or cruel; expressive of cruelty or befitting hell; "something demonic in him--something that could be cruel"; "fires lit up a diabolic scene"; "diabolical sorcerers under the influence of devils"; "a fiendish despot"; "hellish torture"; "infernal instruments of war"; "satanic cruelty"; "unholy grimaces" |
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| Synonyms: | | demonic, diabolic, diabolical, evil, hellish, infernal, satanic, unholy, wicked |
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| Definition: | | \Fiend"ish\, a.
Like a fiend; diabolically wicked or cruel; infernal;
malignant; devilish; hellish. -- {Fiend"ish*ly}, adv. --
{Fiend"ish*ness}, n.
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| Related Terms: | | animal, anthropophagous, atrocious, bad, baleful, barbaric, barbarous, beastly, bestial, bloodthirsty, bloody, bloody-minded, brutal, brutalized, brute, brutish, cannibalistic, cruel, cruel-hearted, cursed, damnable, demoniac, demoniacal, demonic, demonish, demonlike, devilish, devil-like, diabolic, diabolical, Draconian, evil, execrable, fell, feral, ferocious, fiendlike, fierce, ghoulish, heinous, hellborn, hellish, infernal, inhuman, inhumane, malefic, maleficent, malevolent, malicious, malign, malignant, Mephistophelian, monstrous, murderous, ogreish, outrageous, ruthless, sadistic, sanguinary, sanguineous, satanic, savage, serpentine, sharkish, sinister, slavering, subhuman, Tartarean, truculent, unchristian, uncivilized, ungodly, unhallowed, unhuman, vicious, wicked, wolfish |
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