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Definition of Fiendish
1. Adjective. Extremely evil or cruel; expressive of cruelty or befitting hell. "Unholy grimaces"
Similar to: Evil
Derivative terms: Demon, Devil, Unholiness
Definition of Fiendish
1. a. Like a fiend; diabolically wicked or cruel; infernal; malignant; devilish; hellish.
Definition of Fiendish
1. Adjective. Sinister; evil; conniving; in the manner of a fiend. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Fiendish
1. extremely wicked or cruel [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fiendish
Literary usage of Fiendish
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Crabb's English Synonyms by George Crabb (1917)
"DIABOLIC, DEVILISH, fiendish, SATANIC. These words all mean resembling ...
fiendish has the same meaning with special emphasis on malignity and cruelty. ..."
2. Library Notes by Addison Peale Russell (1875)
"Passion, without any appetite, is fiendish." " My journal of Switzerland," says
Crabb Robinson, " does not mention what I well recollect, and Wordsworth has ..."
3. Wife No. 19, Or the Story of a Life in Bondage: Being a Complete Exposé of by Ann Eliza Young (1875)
"THE MOUNTAIN MEADOWS' MASSACRE. —" VENGEANCE IS MINE: I WILL REPAY." The Results
of the Reformation. — The Story of a fiendish Deed. ..."
4. Wife No. 19, Or the Story of a Life in Bondage by Ann Eliza Young, John Bartholomew Gough, Mary Ashton Rice Livermore (1876)
"CHAPTER XIII. THE MOUNTAIN MEADOWS' MASSACRE. —"VENGEANCE IS MINE: I WILL REPAY."
The Results of the Reformation. — The Story of a fiendish Deed. ..."
5. Wife No. 19, Or the Story of a Life in Bondage: Being a Complete Exposé of by Ann Eliza Young (1875)
"THE MOUNTAIN MEADOWS' MASSACRE. —« VENGEANCE IS MINE: I WILL REPAY." The Results
of the Reformation. — The Story of a fiendish Deed. ..."
6. The Bloody Bridge: And Other Papers Relating to the Insurrection of 1641 by Thomas Fitzpatrick (1903)
"The " fiendish malignity " is not confined to details : it gives character to
the entire performance. I should like to know with more certainty the ..."
7. The Complete Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott by Walter Scott (1900)
"... gan recount Such chance had happed of old, When once, near Norham, there did
fight A spectre fell of fiendish might, In likeness of a Scottish knight, ..."
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