fiendish (redirected from Fiendish (Phideaux))

fiend·ish  (fndsh)

adj.

1. Of, relating to, or suggestive of a fiend; diabolical.

2. Extremely wicked or cruel.

3. Extremely bad, disagreeable, or difficult: a fiendish blizzard; a fiendish problem.

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fiendish·ly adv.

fiendish·ness n.

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fiendish [ˈfiːndɪʃ]

adj

1. of or like a fiend

2. diabolically wicked or cruel

3. Informal extremely difficult or unpleasant a fiendish problem

fiendishly  adv

fiendishness  n

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

fiendish - 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" demonic, satanic, unholy, diabolic, diabolical, hellish, infernal evil - morally bad or wrong; "evil purposes"; "an evil influence"; "evil deeds"

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fiendish

adjective

1. clever, brilliant, imaginative, shrewd, cunning, ingenious a fiendish plan

2. difficult, involved, complex, puzzling, baffling, intricate, thorny, knotty It is a fiendish question without an easy answer.

3. wicked, cruel, savage, monstrous, malicious, satanic, malignant, unspeakable, atrocious, inhuman, diabolical, implacable, malevolent, hellish, devilish, infernal, accursed, ungodly, black-hearted, demoniac a fiendish act of wickedness

Translations

fiendish [ˈfiːndɪʃ] ADJ (= fierce) → feroz; (= mildly wicked) → muy travieso; (= clever and wicked) → diabólico (= difficult and unpleasant) → dificilísimo

fiendish [ˈfiːndɪʃ] adj

(= very clever) [plan, action, device] → diabolique

(= very difficult) [problem, task] → infernal(e)

(= cruel) [person] → diabolique

fiendish

adj

(= cruel) person, act, look → teuflisch; delight, glee, laughter → hämisch; he took a fiendish delight in doing it → es machte ihm eine höllische Freude, es zu tun

(inf: = cunning) plan, device, gadget → höllisch raffiniert or clever (inf)

(inf: = very difficult) problem → verzwickt (inf), → höllisch schwer (inf)

fiendish [ˈfiːndɪʃ] adj (cruelty, smile, plot) → diabolico/a (fam) (difficult and unpleasant) → tremendo/a
I had a fiendish time trying to ... → è stato un lavoraccio tentare di...