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单词 fiendishness
释义

fiendish

adjective

fiend·​ish ˈfēn-dish How to pronounce fiendish (audio)
1
: perversely diabolical
took a fiendish pleasure in hurting people
2
: extremely cruel or wicked
3
: excessively bad, unpleasant, or difficult
fiendish weather
fiendishly adverb
fiendishness noun

Synonyms

  • cacodemonic
  • demoniac
  • demoniacal
  • demonian
  • demonic
  • demonical
  • devilish
  • diabolical
  • diabolic
  • Luciferian
  • satanic
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Example Sentences

He takes a fiendish delight in hurting people. a fiendish delight in playing cruel tricks
Recent Examples on the Web He was bested by a fiendish reed instrument called the saxophone. Bo Emerson, ajc, 20 July 2022 Gutfeld yells in mock outrage, and then grins his expensive, fiendish, but strangely vulnerable grin. James Parker, The Atlantic, 5 May 2022 The new plant near Berlin probably won’t prove so fiendish. Stephen Wilmot, WSJ, 22 Mar. 2022 Likewise, the Riddler’s manipulation of online conspiracy theorists to build a fanatical following to help execute his fiendish plan to bring Gotham to its knees, which feels all too real. David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Feb. 2022 Deferring to no news event or editorial decision, the lectern longshots were a CNN mainstay, lingering on the lens with a fiendish determination as the network’s overstuffed panels of alleged experts shouted at each other off-screen. Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 2 Feb. 2022 The original show was set on a remote farm in the hills of Ireland where contestants gathered to test their nerve against three fiendish games. Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 18 Jan. 2022 Even Robert Rauschenberg makes a fiendish cameo in the book, asking De Kooning to give him a drawing. Jamie Hood, Vulture, 15 Dec. 2021 The final installment in John Richardson’s mammoth biography reveals the artist’s fiendish control over his admirers. John Banville, The New Republic, 16 Nov. 2021 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1529, in the meaning defined at sense 1

fiendishness

noun

as in cruelty
disposition to willfully inflict pain and suffering on others the unconscionable fiendishness of the acts committed by terrorists

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • cruelty
  • brutality
  • savageness
  • savagery
  • barbarity
  • sadism
  • murderousness
  • inhumanity
  • atrocity
  • heartlessness
  • viciousness
  • cruelness
  • barbarousness
  • inhumanness
  • truculence
  • mercilessness
  • ruthlessness
  • wantonness
  • ferocity
  • pitilessness
  • atrociousness
  • ferociousness
  • malevolence
  • bloodthirstiness
  • meanness
  • grimness
  • oppressiveness
  • fierceness
  • spitefulness
  • malignity
  • bloodlust
  • maliciousness
  • unfeelingness
  • hatefulness
  • sanguinity
  • hard-heartedness
  • harshness
  • despitefulness
  • nastiness
  • fellness
  • cattiness
  • sanguineness
  • hardhandedness
  • heavy-handedness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • humanity
  • tenderheartedness
  • sympathy
  • benignity
  • kindheartedness
  • humaneness
  • compassion
  • kindness
  • tenderness
  • warmth
  • good-heartedness
  • warmheartedness
  • mercifulness
  • warmness
  • charitableness
  • mercy
  • clemency
  • pity
  • leniency
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