Fiendish
adjective
Extremely cruel or wicked.
He took pleasure in his fiendish acts of cruelty.
Often appears as...
- fiendish delight
- fiendish grin
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Disapproving
adjective
Exceedingly difficult or frustrating.
This fiendish puzzle is making me lose my mind.
Often appears as...
- fiendish puzzle
- fiendish problem
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Disapproving
adjective
Extremely cruel or wicked.
He took pleasure in his fiendish acts of cruelty.
Often appears as...
- fiendish delight
- fiendish grin
Usage tips
Disapproving
adjective
Exceedingly difficult or frustrating.
This fiendish puzzle is making me lose my mind.
Often appears as...
- fiendish puzzle
- fiendish problem
Usage tips
Disapproving
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Fiendish as cruel has a strong negative tone, suggesting inhuman malice or guilt.
The villain's fiendish laugh echoed in the silence.
Pro Tip 2/3Vivid Imagery
Use 'fiendish' to invoke strong, dark mental images, supporting a suspenseful mood.
Her fiendish smile forewarned of the impending betrayal.
Pro Tip 3/3Intensity Amplifier
'Fiendish' elevates the intensity of cruelty to extreme levels, often in storytelling.
He concocted a fiendish scheme to overthrow the kingdom.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Fiendish as cruel has a strong negative tone, suggesting inhuman malice or guilt.
The villain's fiendish laugh echoed in the silence.
Pro Tip 2/3Vivid Imagery
Use 'fiendish' to invoke strong, dark mental images, supporting a suspenseful mood.
Her fiendish smile forewarned of the impending betrayal.
Pro Tip 3/3Intensity Amplifier
'Fiendish' elevates the intensity of cruelty to extreme levels, often in storytelling.
He concocted a fiendish scheme to overthrow the kingdom.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Fiendish as cruel has a strong negative tone, suggesting inhuman malice or guilt.
The villain's fiendish laugh echoed in the silence.
Pro Tip 2/3Vivid Imagery
Use 'fiendish' to invoke strong, dark mental images, supporting a suspenseful mood.
Her fiendish smile forewarned of the impending betrayal.
Pro Tip 3/3Intensity Amplifier
'Fiendish' elevates the intensity of cruelty to extreme levels, often in storytelling.
He concocted a fiendish scheme to overthrow the kingdom.
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What really happened...
Puritans believed that the Devil wreaked havoc in the world through human agents, or witches, who blighted nature, conjured fiendish apparitions, and tormented children. As news swept through the village, the symptoms appeared to spread.
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Bite of the Tasmanian...
it roams the night bellowing blood-curdling screams in search of dead and dying prey and when it tears into flesh it's with some of the most bone crushing jaws on earth this fiendish
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What really happened...
Puritans believed that the Devil wreaked havoc in the world through human agents, or witches, who blighted nature, conjured fiendish apparitions, and tormented children. As news swept through the village, the symptoms appeared to spread.
Video examples
Bite of the Tasmanian...
it roams the night bellowing blood-curdling screams in search of dead and dying prey and when it tears into flesh it's with some of the most bone crushing jaws on earth this fiendish
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Quote examples
Sarah Weinman
American Journalist
The Cold War was over, presidential sex scandals superseded foreign concerns, and the American public was more interested in reading about fiendish serial killers, dependable mystery series protagonists, and any book thought to be in the vein of Bridget Jones and her abbreviation-happy diary.
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Jack Ramsay
American Coach
Cancer is the ugliest, scariest, most dreaded word in the English language. My credentials for saying so? Head-to-head, firsthand close encounters with different versions of the fiendish devil.
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Carl Clinton Van Doren
American Critic
Guy Rivers, a conventional piece as regards the love affair which makes a part of the plot, is a tale of deadly strife between the laws of Georgia and a fiendish bandit.
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James B. Stewart
American Journalist
The A.M.T. is much reviled by tax experts across the political spectrum for its unintended consequences and fiendish complexity.
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Florence King
American Writer
Optimists don't mind if you eavesdrop on them. They welcome it, in fact, because it helps them spread their fiendish gospel.
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Michael Leunig
Australian Cartoonist
Democracy just isn't working any more; without sanity at its heart, it is becoming a most unique and fiendish tyranny.
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Louis Kronenberger
American Critic
Highly educated bores are by far the worst; they know so much, in such fiendish detail, to be boring about.
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Sarah Weinman
American Journalist
The Cold War was over, presidential sex scandals superseded foreign concerns, and the American public was more interested in reading about fiendish serial killers, dependable mystery series protagonists, and any book thought to be in the vein of Bridget Jones and her abbreviation-happy diary.
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Jack Ramsay
American Coach
Cancer is the ugliest, scariest, most dreaded word in the English language. My credentials for saying so? Head-to-head, firsthand close encounters with different versions of the fiendish devil.
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Carl Clinton Van Doren
American Critic
Guy Rivers, a conventional piece as regards the love affair which makes a part of the plot, is a tale of deadly strife between the laws of Georgia and a fiendish bandit.
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James B. Stewart
American Journalist
The A.M.T. is much reviled by tax experts across the political spectrum for its unintended consequences and fiendish complexity.
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Florence King
American Writer
Optimists don't mind if you eavesdrop on them. They welcome it, in fact, because it helps them spread their fiendish gospel.
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Michael Leunig
Australian Cartoonist
Democracy just isn't working any more; without sanity at its heart, it is becoming a most unique and fiendish tyranny.
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Louis Kronenberger
American Critic
Highly educated bores are by far the worst; they know so much, in such fiendish detail, to be boring about.
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