fiendish

English

Etymology

fiend +‎ -ish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfiːndɪʃ/

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Adjective

fiendish (comparative more fiendish, superlative most fiendish)

1. Sinister; evil; like a fiend.

   Synonym: conniving

2. Very difficult.

   a fiendish crossword puzzle

Derived terms

• fiendishly
• fiendishness

Translations

sinister, evil

• Bulgarian: зъл (bg) (zǎl), демоничен (bg) (demoničen)
• Chinese: 惡魔似／恶魔似, 恶魔似
• Dutch: duivels (nl), sinister (nl)
• Finnish: pirullinen (fi), paholaismainen
• French: diabolique (fr)
• Galician: diabólico (gl)
• German: teuflisch (de)
• Greek: μοχθηρός (el) (mochthirós)
• Hindi: भुतहा (bhuthā)
• Hungarian: ördögi (hu), pokoli (hu), ördöngös (hu)
• Italian: diabolico (it), demoniaco (it)
• Korean: 악마 (ko) (angma)
• Norwegian: djevelsk
• Plautdietsch: diewlisch
• Portuguese: sinistro (pt), diabólico (pt)
• Romanian: sinistru (ro), rău (ro), demonic (ro)
• Russian: дья́вольский (ru) (dʹjávolʹskij)
• Spanish: diabólico (es)

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