Antonyms for devilish
ˈdɛv ə lɪʃ, ˈdɛv lɪʃdev·il·ish

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1. devilishadjective

   Devilishly.

   Synonyms:
   demoniac, diabolic, deuced, mischievous, fiendish, nefarious, unhallowed, ghoulish, reprobate, ogreish, atrocious, wicked, evil, malicious

2. devilishadjective

   Characteristic of a devil.

   A devilish grin.

   Synonyms:
   infernal, satanic, satanical, diabolic, demonic, diabolical, hellish

3. devilishadjective

   Extreme, excessive.

   A devilish effort yielded a devilish success.

   Synonyms:
   extreme, excessive

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1. devilish, diabolic, diabolical, mephistophelian, mephistopheleanadjective

   showing the cunning or ingenuity or wickedness typical of a devil

   "devilish schemes"; "the cold calculation and diabolic art of some statesmen"; "the diabolical expression on his face"; "a mephistophelian glint in his eye"

   Antonyms:
   sober, good, unplayful, serious

   Synonyms:
   mephistophelian, rascally, hellish, unholy, infernal, fiendish, satanic, roguish, diabolic, mephistophelean, demonic, diabolical

2. devilish, rascally, roguishadverb

   playful in an appealingly bold way

   "a roguish grin"

   Antonyms:
   unplayful, serious, good, sober

   Synonyms:
   mephistophelian, rascally, blackguardly, roguish, scoundrelly, diabolic, mephistophelean, diabolical

3. devilishly, devilishadverb

   in a playfully devilish manner

   "the socialists are further handicapped if they believe that capitalists are not only wicked but also devilishly clever"

   Antonyms:
   serious, good, sober, unplayful

   Synonyms:
   madly, insanely, diabolically, fiendishly, deucedly, deadly, devilishly

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1. devilishadjective

   Synonyms:
   demoniac, diabolical, fiendish, infernal, atrocious, reprobate

How to use devilish in a sentence?

1. John Milton:

   So spake the fiend, and with necessity, The tyrant’s plea, excused his devilish deeds.

2. Kubrat Pulev:

   I will donate 50% of the money I earn from the match with Joshua to the tireless heroes in the fight against the coronavirus, i will give doctors, nurses and hospitals the necessary equipment to deal with this devilish virus.

3. Robert Burton:

   Tobacco, divine, rare, superexcellent tobacco, which goes far beyond all the panaceas, potable gold, and philosophers stones, a sovereign remedy to all diseases but as it is commonly abused by most men, which take it as tinkers do ale, 'Tis a plague, a mischief, a violent purger of goods, lands, health; hellish, devilish and damned tobacco, the ruin and overthrow of body and soul.

4. Jamie Ann Hunt:

   My kittens look at me like little angels, and always after doing something especially devilish.

5. James Reston, New York Times, June 12 1968:

   This is the devilish thing about foreign affairs: they are foreign and will not always conform to our whim.

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