'Devilish' definitions:
Definition of 'devilish'
From: WordNet
adverb
In a playfully devilish manner; "the socialists are further handicapped if they believe that capitalists are not only wicked but also devilishly clever" [syn: devilishly, devilish]
adjective
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" [syn: devilish, diabolic, diabolical, mephistophelian, mephistophelean]
adjective
Definition of 'Devilish'
From: GCIDE
- Devilish \Dev"il*ish\, a.
- 1. Resembling, characteristic of, or pertaining to, the devil; diabolical; wicked in the extreme. "Devilish wickedness." --Sir P. Sidney. [1913 Webster]
- This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish. --James iii. 15. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Extreme; excessive. [Colloq.] --Dryden.
- Syn: Diabolical; infernal; hellish; satanic; wicked; malicious; detestable; destructive. -- {Dev"il*ish*ly}, adv. -- {Dev"il*ish*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'devilish'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accursed,
- Acherontic,
- animal,
- anthropophagous,
- arch,
- atrocious,
- bad,
- barbaric,
- barbarous,
- beastly,
- bestial,
- bloodthirsty,
- bloody,
- bloody-minded,
- brutal,
- brutalized,
- brute,
- brutish,
- cannibalistic,
- chthonian,
- chthonic,
- crazy,
- cruel,
- cruel-hearted,
- cursed,
- damnable,
- demoniac,
- demoniacal,
- demonic,
- demonish,
- demonlike,
- devil-like,
- diabolic,
- diabolical,
- Draconian,
- elfish,
- elvish,
- evil,
- execrable,
- fell,
- feral,
- ferocious,
- fiendish,
- fiendlike,
- fierce,
- flagitious,
- foolish,
- full of mischief,
- ghoulish,
- heinous,
- hellborn,
- hellish,
- high-spirited,
- impish,
- infernal,
- inhuman,
- inhumane,
- iniquitous,
- knavish,
- Lethean,
- madcap,
- maleficent,
- malevolent,
- malign,
- malignant,
- Mephistophelian,
- mischief-loving,
- mischievous,
- murderous,
- naughty,
- nefarious,
- ogreish,
- pandemoniac,
- pandemonic,
- playful,
- Plutonian,
- Plutonic,
- prankish,
- pranksome,
- pranky,
- puckish,
- purgatorial,
- roguish,
- ruthless,
- sadistic,
- sanguinary,
- sanguineous,
- satanic,
- savage,
- scampish,
- scapegrace,
- serpentine,
- sharkish,
- sinful,
- sinister,
- slavering,
- sportive,
- Stygian,
- subhuman,
- sulfurous,
- Tartarean,
- trickish,
- tricksy,
- truculent,
- unchristian,
- uncivilized,
- ungodly,
- unhallowed,
- unhuman,
- vicious,
- villainous,
- waggish,
- wicked,
- wolfish