US /ˈfiːndɪʃ/
adj Freq #31188

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    Extremely cruel or evil.

    The villain came up with a fiendish plan to poison the whole town's water supply.

  2. 2
    adj

    Extremely difficult or clever.

    The puzzle was so fiendish that no one could solve it for weeks.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adj · extremely cruel or evil. infernalconniving
Word family
Derived forms fiendishlyfiendishness

Etymology

From fiend + -ish.

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