What is another word for devilish?
Synonyms for devilish
ˈdɛv ə lɪʃ, ˈdɛv lɪʃdev·il·ish
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devilishadjective
Devilishly.
Synonyms:
demoniac, diabolic, deuced, mischievous, fiendish, nefarious, unhallowed, ghoulish, reprobate, ogreish, atrocious, wicked, evil, maliciousdevilishadjective
Characteristic of a devil.
A devilish grin.
Synonyms:
infernal, satanic, satanical, diabolic, demonic, diabolical, hellishdevilishadjective
Extreme, excessive.
A devilish effort yielded a devilish success.
Princeton's WordNet
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"
Synonyms:
mephistophelian, rascally, hellish, unholy, infernal, fiendish, satanic, roguish, diabolic, mephistophelean, demonic, diabolicaldevilish, rascally, roguishadverb
playful in an appealingly bold way
"a roguish grin"
Synonyms:
mephistophelian, rascally, blackguardly, roguish, scoundrelly, diabolic, mephistophelean, diabolicaldevilishly, devilishadverb
in a playfully devilish manner
"the socialists are further handicapped if they believe that capitalists are not only wicked but also devilishly clever"
Synonyms:
madly, insanely, diabolically, fiendishly, deucedly, deadly, devilishly
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List of paraphrases for "devilish":
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#2685 | extreme | |
#3009 | evil | |
#8094 | excessive | |
#8459 | wicked | |
#9200 | deadly | |
#13639 | malicious | |
#29204 | satanic | |
#33198 | demonic | |
#33382 | infernal | |
#34224 | unholy | |
#37581 | madly | |
#42256 | mischievous | |
#43093 | insanely | |
#47676 | diabolic | |
#48360 | nefarious | |
#50274 | atrocious | |
#53053 | diabolical | |
#54159 | devilish | |
#59683 | hellish | |
#77842 | fiendish | |
#96007 | ghoulish | |
#118132 | reprobate | |
#121262 | devilishly | |
#147871 | roguish | |
#157428 | fiendishly | |
#168446 | demoniac | |
#205005 | rascally | |
#219191 | unhallowed | |
#227588 | diabolically |
How to use devilish in a sentence?
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.
So spake the fiend, and with necessity, The tyrant’s plea, excused his devilish deeds.
To err is human, to repent divine, to persist devilish.
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.
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.
Translations for devilish
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- страхотен, голям, сатанински, дяволскиBulgarian
- teuflischGerman
- διαβολικόςGreek
- diabólicoSpanish
- infernal, diaboliqueFrench
- állati, ördögi, sátáni, pokoliHungarian
- 悪魔的, 残忍, 非常Japanese
- verduiveld, diabolisch, satanisch, deksels, duivelsDutch
- diabelskiPolish
- diabólico, extremoPortuguese
- адский, страшный, сатанинский, чёртовый, чертовский, дьявольскийRussian
- ђаволаст, враголаст, vragolast, đavolastSerbo-Croatian
- jävlig, djävulsk, djävligSwedish
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