| 单词 | fiendish |
| 释义 | fiendish (once / 2793 pages) adj To be fiendish is to be cruel or evil. You might choose not to watch horror films — or soap operas — if you're not a fan of seeing people do fiendish things to each other. Fiendish behavior is terrible and vicious, and fiendish people behave without kindness or conscience. An informal, less serious way to use the adjective is to mean "complicated or difficult." You might, for example, describe your fiendish calculus exam or rave about the fiendish plot in your favorite book. Fiendish comes from fiend, "evil spirit," with its Old English root feogan, "to hate." WORD FAMILYfiendish: fiendishly+/fiend: fiendish, fiends USAGE EXAMPLESOn the drink menu, his fiendish nickname applies to a $13 cocktail with herbal liqueur, vermouth and other ingredients. New York Times(Oct 23, 2016) It’s almost as if there’s a group of wild-eyed, under-slept goofballs in a lab just off-site, hatching fiendish schemes and doubling over in guffaws. Washington Post(Aug 30, 2016) Last summer, pop radio began playing a fiendish earworm about two young men who feared the ordinary demands of adulthood. The New Yorker(Aug 24, 2016) adj extremely evil or cruel; expressive of cruelty or befitting hell a fiendish despot Syn demonic, diabolic, diabolical, hellish, infernal, satanic, unholy evil morally bad or wrong |
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